jape

Noun

• a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
  • he told a very funny joke
    
  • he knows a million gags
    
  • thanks for the laugh
    
  • he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest
    
  • even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  joke , gag , laugh , jest