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Punchline
- unknown - The last line or conclusion of a joke in which the point lies.
The last part of a story, giving it meaning or an unexpected twist
Punishing
- verb - characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort; "worked their arduous way up the mining valley"; "a grueling campaign"; "hard labor"; "heavy work"; "heavy going"; "spent many laborious hours on the project"; "set a punishing pace"
- impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on; "The students were penalized for showing up late for class"; "we had to punish the dog for soiling the floor again"
- resulting in punishment; "the king imposed a punishing tax"
Puppetish
- - Resembling a puppet in appearance or action; of the nature of a puppet.
Puppylike
- adjective - characteristic of a puppy
Purgation
- noun - a ceremonial cleansing from defilement or uncleanness by the performance of appropriate rites
- purging the body by the use of a cathartic to stimulate evacuation of the bowels
- the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge
Purgative
- adjective - a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels
- strongly laxative
Purifying
- verb - acting like an antiseptic
- become clean or pure or free of guilt and sin; "The hippies came to the ashram in order to purify"
- freeing from noxious matter; "filtration is a purifying agent"
- make pure or free from sin or guilt; "he left the monastery purified"
- making something free of dirt or harmful substances
- remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation; "purify the water"
- serving to purge or rid of sin; "purgatorial rites"
Purposing
- verb - propose or intend;
- reach a decision; "he resolved never to drink again"
Purposive
- adjective - having a purpose; "purposive behavior"
- having or showing or acting with a purpose or design; "purposive behavior"