punch line
Refers to the climactic, often humorous or surprising, concluding part of a joke or story. Equivalent to 落ち (ochi) in traditional Japanese comedic storytelling.
See also: 落ち (おち)
The punch line of his jokes is always funny.
The punch line of this story is in the last sentence.
Variant with interpunct; less common but sometimes seen in dictionaries or stylized text.
Borrowed from English 'punch line'.