The point of a joke or humorous story.
Third and final part of the typical joke structure.
1I tell the whole friggin' story and you steal the punch line.
2Nisha paused for a moment, as if waiting for the punch line.
3But who was he looking at when he told his punch line?
4I gave her a blank look and waited for the punch line.
5His brows rose, as though he were waiting for a punch line.
6The whole thing would be like a joke without a punch line.
7The Sniper wields the ultimate punch line: a bullet to the head.
8Not the walking punch line depicted in both Black and mainstream culture.
9Nilo laughed like it was the punch line of a dirty joke.
10I will try to get the wording of the punch line exactly right.
11Something significant, that I was aware of.-I left off the punch line.
12Phillips waited for the punch line, but of course none came.
13You disguise the punch line for as long as you can, he said.
14The man followed, drawing his story to its punch line: He hit you!
15Suzanne knows the punch line but lets Petra have her fun.
16Walsh has finished off the punch line and both men are laughing raucously.
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