Socratic irony: ignorance feigned for the purpose of confounding or provoking an antagonist.
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.
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.
An ironic statement.
Of or pertaining to the metal iron.
The food had an irony taste to it.
A humorous attempt to fool somebody, a practical joke in which the victim is encouraged to believe something untrue.
A punch line of a joke or comedy routine.
The phase of making a pitch where the pitcher moves his or her arm backwards before throwing the ball.
The end or conclusion of something.
A circular hand gesture, supposed to represent the winding on of film, used to signal to a performer to finish quickly.
Needing to be wound up in order to function.