Identify the part of speech for the underlined word After the tiring game, I quickly went to get ice cream and celebrate our hard-fought (victory!)

What is the underlined word?

Verbal irony is a figure of speech. The speaker intends to be understood as meaning something that contrasts with the literal or usual meaning of what he says. The different sorts of discrepancy between the meaning of what is said and what is in fact on the particular occasion meant with it give rise to different kinds of verbal irony