Usually means: Sudden witty remark or outburst.
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  1. boutade: Merriam-Webster
  2. boutade: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. boutade: Collins English Dictionary
  4. boutade: Wordnik
  5. boutade: Wiktionary
  6. Boutade: Dictionary.com
  7. Boutade: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. boutade: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  9. Boutade: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. boutade: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  11. boutade: FreeDictionary.org
  12. boutade: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  13. boutade: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  A sudden outbreak or outburst; a caprice, a whim.

Similar:
blurt, kink, blowoff, flurry, moment, burst, whim-wham, outfling, antic, blurtation, more...

Opposite:
seriousness, thoughtfulness, sobriety

Adjectives:
first, mere, famous, par, humorous



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Similar:
blurt, kink, blowoff, flurry, moment, burst, whim-wham, outfling, antic, blurtation, more...

Opposite:
seriousness, thoughtfulness, sobriety

Adjectives:
first, mere, famous, par, humorous



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