punchline

deliver a hilarious punchline

anticipate the punchline of a joke

perfect timing for the punchline

deliver a clever punchline

unexpected twist in the punchline

create a memorable punchline

the punchline that seals the joke

No one wants to be a punchline, a cliche, a basket case.

In comedy the resolution is the punchline; in presentations your resolution is your conclusion.

But then Jesus gives him his punchline.

And there's a punchline coming, so pay attention.

But Mr Trump's infrastructure initiative was so inchoate it became a national punchline.

In Jokes Seth Can't Tell, Seth sets up the joke, and then the minority says the punchline. Yes.

The punchline rule says put your punch at the end of the line.

And I mean never - so the punchline for George Herbert Walker Bush is this.

And here is the punchline of that bad joke I promised not to tell.

From TV punchlines to political institutions, the name Harvard reverberated across the canyons of culture with an infinite echo.