rapiernoun [ C ]
uk/ˈreɪ.pi.ər/us/ˈreɪ.pi.ɚ/a sword with a long, thin blade
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Hand weapons
- battleaxe
- bayonet
- blackjack
- blowgun
- blowpipe
- bludgeon
- boomerang
- catapult
- dirk
- flick knife
- harpoon
- hilt
- jackknife
- sabre
- scabbard
- scimitar
- shanghai
- sheath
- sheath knife
- two-edged
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rapieradjective [ before noun ]
uk/ˈreɪ.pi.ər/us/ˈreɪ.pi.ɚ/used to describe humour or a remark that is extremely clever and funny:
He is renowned for his rapier(-like) wit.
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Humour & humorous
- a bundle of laughs idiom
- amusing
- blackly
- bring
- bundle
- crack
- don't make me laugh! idiom
- funny ha-ha or funny peculiar? idiom
- gallows humour
- jocular
- josh
- killing
- lambent
- laugh
- sarcasm
- satirize
- tickle
- witty
- wordplay
- you've got to laugh idiom
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