Associations to the word «Hyperbole»

Wiktionary

HYPERBOLE, noun. (uncountable) (rhetoric) (literature) Deliberate or unintentional overstatement, particularly extreme overstatement.
HYPERBOLE, noun. (countable) An instance or example of such overstatement.
HYPERBOLE, noun. (countable) (obsolete) A hyperbola.

Dictionary definition

HYPERBOLE, noun. Extravagant exaggeration.

Wise words

Many a true word is spoken in jest.
Geoffrey Chaucer