farce

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. A light dramatic work in which highly improbable plot situations, exaggerated characters, and often slapstick elements are used for humorous effect.
2. n. The branch of literature constituting such works.
3. n. The broad or spirited humor characteristic of such works.
4. n. A ludicrous, empty show; a mockery: The fixed election was a farce.
5. n. A seasoned stuffing, as for roasted turkey.
6. v. To pad (a speech, for example) with jokes or witticisms.
7. v. To stuff, as for roasting.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. To stuff; cram.
2. Specifically In cookery, to stuff, as a pudding, fowl, or roast, with various meats, oysters, bread, or other ingredients, variously flavored or spiced; fill with stuffing.
3. Figuratively, to fill, as a speech or written composition, with various scraps of wit or humor; make “spicy.”
4. To extend; swell out.
5. To fatten.
6. n. A secular dramatic composition of a ludicrous or satirical character; low comedy. Originally the name (farsia) was applied to a canticle in a mixture of Latin and French, sung in many churches at the principal festivals, especially on Christmas. The modern farce is:
7. n. Ridiculous parade; absurd pageantry; foolish show.
8. n. A ridiculous sham.
9. To paint.

Wiktionary

1. n. uncountable A style of humor marked by broad improbabilities with little regard to regularity or method; compare sarcasm
2. n. countable A motion picture or play featuring this style of humor.
3. n. uncountable A situation abounding with ludicrous incidents
4. n. uncountable A ridiculous or empty show

GNU Webster's 1913

1. v. obsolete To stuff with forcemeat; hence, to fill with mingled ingredients; to fill full; to stuff.
2. v. obsolete To render fat.
3. v. obsolete To swell out; to render pompous.
4. n. (Cookery) Stuffing, or mixture of viands, like that used on dressing a fowl; forcemeat.
5. n. A low style of comedy; a dramatic composition marked by low humor, generally written with little regard to regularity or method, and abounding with ludicrous incidents and expressions.
6. n. Ridiculous or empty show.

WordNet 3.0

1. v. fill with a stuffing while cooking
2. n. mixture of ground raw chicken and mushrooms with pistachios and truffles and onions and parsley and lots of butter and bound with eggs
3. n. a comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations