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brick jokes

brick jokes is the plural of brick joke.

Meaning of brick joke

Noun

brick joke (plural brick jokes)

  1. A joke in a film, television show, book etc, in which there is a substantial gap between set-up and punchline, typically bringing back an unresolved plot point after the audience is expected to have forgotten about it.
    • The invisible car is a variant on something called a brick joke: actually a pair of jokes in which the first sets up an unresolved element that returns as the punch line of the second, ideally after the listener has forgotten about it.2016 December 26, James Poniewozik, “The Joys of ‘Atlanta,’ Where Real Life, for Some, Insists on Being Surreal”, in New York Times

Questions about brick jokes

What is brick jokes the plural of?
Brick jokes is the plural of brick joke.

Words near brick jokes in the dictionary

  1. brick houses
  2. brick in
  3. brick in one's hat
  4. brick it
  5. brick joke
  6. brick jokes
  7. brick off
  8. brick oneself
  9. brick over
  10. brick pack
  11. brick packs

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