farce

Short definition from Wiktionary

Noun

1. 1
   A style of humor marked by broad improbabilities with little regard to regularity or method.
2. 2
   A motion picture or play featuring this style of humor.
3. 3
   A situation abounding with ludicrous incidents.
4. 4
   A ridiculous or empty show.
5. 5
   An elaborate lie.
6. 6
   Forcemeat, stuffing.

Verb

1. 1
   To stuff with forcemeat or other food items.
2. 2
   To fill full; to stuff.
3. 3
   To make fat.
4. 4
   To swell out; to render pompous.
5. 5
   Alternative form of farse (“to insert vernacular paraphrases into (a Latin liturgy)”).