An ironic statement.
Contradiction between circumstances and expectations; condition contrary to what might be expected.
Dramatic irony: a theatrical effect in which the meaning of a situation, or some incongruity in the plot, is understood by the audience, but not by the characters in the play.
Socratic irony: ignorance feigned for the purpose of confounding or provoking an antagonist.
The quality of a statement that, when taken in context, may actually mean something different from, or the opposite of, what is written literally; the use of words expressing something other than their literal intention, often in a humorous context.
Of or pertaining to the metal iron.
The food had an irony taste to it.
A biting sarcasm; a taunt.
A hamburger.
A more or less gradual thinning out of a stratum.
Briskly cold weather.
A playful bite.
A small cut, or a cutting off the end.
A small quantity of something edible or a potable liquor.
A nipple, usually of a woman.
A pinch with the nails or teeth.
A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching
A blast; a killing of the ends of plants by frost.
A short turn in a rope.
The place of intersection where one roll touches another
To squeeze or pinch.
To annoy, as by nipping.
To make a quick, short journey or errand, usually a round trip.
To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy.
To catch and enclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon.
To taunt.
To benumb [e.g., cheeks, fingers, nose] by severe cold.
To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip.