jokern.

Brit.

/ˈdʒəʊkə/, U.S.

/ˈdʒoʊkər/

Etymology: < joke v. + -er suffix¹.

1. One who jokes; a jester; a merry fellow. Frequently in practical joker.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [noun] > jest or pleasantry > one who jests or jokes

jangler1303

bourder1330

triflera1382

mower1440

jester?1510

dizzardc1540

patch1549

pleasant1595

fiddle1600

motleya1605

banterer1678

morosoph1693

joker1729

farceur1781

funster1788

plaisanteur1828

cut-up1843

kibitzer1925

the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > mischievous or practical joking > [noun] > one who

wag1584

shaver1592

wagship1607

lick1725

nickum1804

practical joker1830

leg-puller1887

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > trickery, playing jokes > [noun] > practitioner

japer1362

practiser1545

practitioner1560

amuser1583

fopper1659

hummer1763

prankster1811

hoaxer1814

puck1823

practical joker1830

pranking1852

card1853

leg-puller1887

kidder1888

pranker1890

codologist1897

spoofer1914

wind-up artist1984

1729 T. Cooke Tales 118 St. Patrick's Dean, of holy Men the Pest, A scurril Joker, and of all the Jest.

1808 ‘P. Plymley’ Two More Lett. on Catholics vii. 28 Thou shalt be laid low by a joker of jokes, and he shall talk his pleasant talk against thee.

1830 G. Colman Random Rec. II. vi. 205 It convinced me that he was no practical joker.

1879 J. McCarthy Hist. our Own Times II. xviii. 12 The temptation to schoolboys and practical jokers of all kinds was irresistible.

1887 Spectator 9 Apr. 491/2 Some confirmed jokers,—verbal contortionists.

1899 M. Beerbohm More 70 Scores of licensed practical jokers.

1926 A. Conan Doyle Hist. Spiritualism I. vii. 153 The contemptible crew of practical jokers and ill-natured researchers who visited her found her a ready victim.

1950 T. S. Eliot Cocktail Party ii. 104 Are you a devil Or merely a lunatic practical joker?

2. slang. Man, ‘fellow’, ‘chap’. Also transferred to animals (esp. Australian and New Zealand).

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > man > [noun]

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werec900

rinkeOE

wapmanc950

heOE

wyeOE

gomeOE

ledeOE

seggeOE

shalkOE

manOE

carmanlOE

mother bairnc1225

hemea1250

mother sona1250

hind1297

buck1303

mister mana1325

piecec1325

groomc1330

man of mouldc1330

hathela1350

sire1362

malea1382

fellowa1393

guestc1394

sergeant?a1400

tailarda1400

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harlotc1405

mother's sona1470

frekea1475

her1488

masculinea1500

gentlemana1513

horse?a1513

mutton?a1513

merchant1549

child1551

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knavea1556

dandiprat1556

cove1567

rat1571

manling1573

bird1575

stone-horse1580

loona1586

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slave1592

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dog1597

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prick1598

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jade1608

dildoa1616

Roger1631

Johnny1648

boy1651

cod1653

cully1676

son of a bitch1697

cull1698

feller1699

chap1704

buff1708

son of a gun1708

buffer1749

codger1750

Mr1753

he-man1758

fella1778

gilla1790

gloak1795

joker1811

gory1819

covey1821

chappie1822

Charley1825

hombre1832

brother-man1839

rooster1840

blokie1841

hoss1843

Joe1846

guy1847

plug1848

chal1851

rye1851

omee1859

bloke1861

guffin1862

gadgie1865

mug1865

kerel1873

stiff1882

snoozer1884

geezer1885

josser1886

dude1895

gazabo1896

jasper1896

prairie dog1897

sport1897

crow-eater1899

papa1903

gink1906

stud1909

scout1912

head1913

beezer1914

jeff1917

pisser1918

bimbo1919

bozo1920

gee1921

mush1936

rye mush1936

basher1942

okie1943

mugger1945

cat1946

ou1949

tess1952

oke1970

bra1974

muzhik1993

1811 Sporting Mag. 38 50 Six jokers on horse~back were standing stock still.

1844 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit xli. 477 You were another sort of a joker in those days, you were!

1868 Auckland Punch No. 2. 7/1 If Louis Napoleon could be prevailed on to bring over his Zouaves, and join the mounted marines, together with some Indian jokers.

1888 J. D. Wickham Casual Ramblings xv. 92 The driver of this coach was the joker that wanted to charge me a shilling.

1891 C. Roberts Adrift in Amer. 136 We spotted some very fine turkeys, and my hungry companion said at once, ‘There is a good feed for two men on one of those jokers’.

1894 Times 14 Feb. 3/2 We managed to get the sick joker out of his bunk, but we could not get him aft.

1895 A. B. Paterson Man from Snowy River (1906) 71 My country joker, are you going to give it best? Are you frightened of the fences?

1941 Coast to Coast 197 We'd get tired of tramping around the mines listening to well-fed jokers say ‘No’.

1949 N.Z. Free Lance 24 Aug. 10 You jokers cleaned us up at footie.

1951 Landfall 5 21 There are about a dozen brush in the place and about three times as many jokers.

1963 Australasian Post (Melbourne) 14 Mar. 51/2 Mr Dingleton turned out to be a tall, rather thin, pleasant-looking joker with big feet.

1970 N.Z. Listener 12 Oct. 13/5 Their benevolent guff's even harder for a decent-spirited joker to accept.

a. Something used in playing a trick.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [noun] > a trick, deception > aid to trickery

joker1858

feke1901

hypercard1975

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > [noun] > fraudulent device

figment?a1475

cogc1555

fraud1658

joker1858

gold brick1865

1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table ii. 39 The thimble-rigger's ‘little joker’.

1895 Rev. of Reviews Jan. 70/2 These little jokers were attached to the left thumbs of certain judges of election as the ballots were being counted. These jokers are made of rubber and have a cross on them.

b. An odd card in a pack, either left blank or ornamented with some design, used in some games, counting always as a trump and sometimes as the highest trump. Also in figurative phrase joker in the pack: a person whose behaviour is unexpected or unpredictable.

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > card or cards > [noun] > joker

joker1885

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > unconformity > abnormality > [noun] > oddness > odd person

singularist1593

singularitan1615

queer fellow1712

oddity1731

unaccountable1748

character1773

rum1788

eccentric1832

card1835

card1853

hard case1892

queer shot1900

rummy1909

hard thing1918

hardshot1924

quaint1939

odd bod1942

oddball1943

joker in the pack1963

quirky1975

1885 J. B. Greenough Queen of Hearts iii The White Knight, called the Joker, otherwise the Best Bower.

1894 St. James's Gaz. 19 July (Farmer) The game of poker is played with a pack of fifty-three cards, the fifty-third card being called the joker... American manufacturers of playing~cards are wont to include a blank card at the top of the pack; and it is, alas! true that some thrifty person suggested that the card should not be wasted. This was the origin of the joker.

1894 J. N. Maskelyne ‘Sharps & Flats’ 223 In euchre you can hold the joker every time.

1963 Times 25 Feb. (Canada Suppl.) p. ii/2 Mr. Caouette is a joker in the pack; his group's tally of 26 federal seats reflects a morbid situation.

1973 G. Sims Hunters Point vi. 47 Fred Wheeler may be the joker in the pack. He might have got Dave involved in something wild.

1974 Times 9 May 4/1 Although the Government has a majority of four votes over the Conservatives, there are 37 ‘jokers in the pack’.

4. A clause unobtrusively inserted in a legislative enactment and affecting its operation in a way not immediately apparent. Also transferred of a clause, etc., in a contract, administrative order, etc., which frustrates its intention or puts one of the parties at a disadvantage; figurative, a drawback, a ‘snag’, a trick. U.S.

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society > law > written law > [noun] > clause > types of clause

amendment1581

sanction1651

tack1705

money clause1844

conscience clause1859

interpretation clause1897

joker1904

the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > [noun] > one who or that which hinders > a hindrance, impediment, or obstacle > unforeseen

snag1830

snagging1880

catch1919

joker1935

1904 N.Y. Evening Post 11 May 1 They are all nervous over the possibility that there may be a hitherto unperceived joker in the present bill.

1904 New York Churchman 6 Aug. 215 That which..it was sought to obtain surreptitiously by what politicians call a ‘joker’ in the charter of Greater New York.

1906 N.Y. Evening Post 30 Apr. 6 The Malby ‘joker’ to the Adirondack Reserve bill.

1909 Westm. Gaz. 6 Apr. 2/1 It carried more of what are known in Washington as ‘little jokers’ than the Wilson Act, the McKinley Act, or any other Tariff Act since 1861.

1914 S. H. Adams Clarion 241 Even her simple mind grasped the joker in the contract.

1928 Daily Express 17 July 8/2 The surtax was slipped into the Finance Act of 1927 very much as a ‘joker’ is occasionally insinuated into an American Tariff Act—that is to say, surreptitiously, without anybody except those in the know being aware of the significance of what was happening.

1935 A. J. Pollock Underworld Speaks 65/1 Joker (nigger in the wood pile), laws, investigations, vice abatements, controversies, political appointments, newspaper articles, speeches or contracts arranged for..so that the looters in on the in will be financially benefited.

1942 E. Paul Narrow Street xiv. 100 Early in 1926 Painlevé introduced a bill to reorganize the French army from thirty-two to twenty divisions. To this was attached a joker, increasing the term of universal compulsory military service from one year to eighteen months.

1947 Harper's Mag. Nov. 441/1 The order also contains this crucial joker: The charges shall be stated as specifically and completely as..security conditions permit.

1953 Congress. Rec. 99 App. A5292/2 A postal rate increase bill..had within it a ‘joker’ which seriously affected the nonprofit publications of organized labor in all parts of America.

Derivatives

ˈjokeress n. a female joker.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > performance of jester or comedian > [noun] > jester or comedian > female

disporteressc1430

juggleressc1430

jestress1557

jokeress1858

comedienne1945

the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [noun] > jest or pleasantry > one who jests or jokes > female

jestress1557

jokeress1858

1858 J. Doran Hist. Court Fools 66 She was the duly-appointed jokeress, if I may so speak, to the Duchess.

† ˈjokery n. Obsolete jesting, raillery.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > banter or good-humoured ridicule > [noun]

mirth1560

dicacity1592

jest1597

pleasantry1602

raillery1642

rallery1652

badinage1658

banter1660

disport1667

badinerie1712

rig1725

bantery1739

jokery1740

persiflage1757

quizzery1809

quiz1819

chaff1841

borak1845

barrackc1890

mickey-take1968

smack talk1989

bants2008

1740 Apol. Life Mr. T— C—, Comedian v. 50 When he spoke, that seriousness of Joakery was discharg'd, and a dry drolling Levity took..Possession of him.

1970 Daily Tel. 21 May 6/5 I could find very little to make me laugh..although it has all the ingredients of current jokery.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	joker
释义	jokern. Brit. /ˈdʒəʊkə/, U.S. /ˈdʒoʊkər/ Etymology: < joke v. + -er suffix¹. 1. One who jokes; a jester; a merry fellow. Frequently in practical joker. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [noun] > jest or pleasantry > one who jests or jokes jangler1303 bourder1330 triflera1382 mower1440 jester?1510 dizzardc1540 patch1549 pleasant1595 fiddle1600 motleya1605 banterer1678 morosoph1693 joker1729 farceur1781 funster1788 plaisanteur1828 cut-up1843 kibitzer1925 the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > mischievous or practical joking > [noun] > one who wag1584 shaver1592 wagship1607 lick1725 nickum1804 practical joker1830 leg-puller1887 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > trickery, playing jokes > [noun] > practitioner japer1362 practiser1545 practitioner1560 amuser1583 fopper1659 hummer1763 prankster1811 hoaxer1814 puck1823 practical joker1830 pranking1852 card1853 leg-puller1887 kidder1888 pranker1890 codologist1897 spoofer1914 wind-up artist1984 1729 T. Cooke Tales 118 St. Patrick's Dean, of holy Men the Pest, A scurril Joker, and of all the Jest. 1808 ‘P. Plymley’ Two More Lett. on Catholics vii. 28 Thou shalt be laid low by a joker of jokes, and he shall talk his pleasant talk against thee. 1830 G. Colman Random Rec. II. vi. 205 It convinced me that he was no practical joker. 1879 J. McCarthy Hist. our Own Times II. xviii. 12 The temptation to schoolboys and practical jokers of all kinds was irresistible. 1887 Spectator 9 Apr. 491/2 Some confirmed jokers,—verbal contortionists. 1899 M. Beerbohm More 70 Scores of licensed practical jokers. 1926 A. Conan Doyle Hist. Spiritualism I. vii. 153 The contemptible crew of practical jokers and ill-natured researchers who visited her found her a ready victim. 1950 T. S. Eliot Cocktail Party ii. 104 Are you a devil Or merely a lunatic practical joker? 2. slang. Man, ‘fellow’, ‘chap’. Also transferred to animals (esp. Australian and New Zealand). ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > man > [noun] churla800 werec900 rinkeOE wapmanc950 heOE wyeOE gomeOE ledeOE seggeOE shalkOE manOE carmanlOE mother bairnc1225 hemea1250 mother sona1250 hind1297 buck1303 mister mana1325 piecec1325 groomc1330 man of mouldc1330 hathela1350 sire1362 malea1382 fellowa1393 guestc1394 sergeant?a1400 tailarda1400 tulka1400 harlotc1405 mother's sona1470 frekea1475 her1488 masculinea1500 gentlemana1513 horse?a1513 mutton?a1513 merchant1549 child1551 dick1553 sorrya1555 knavea1556 dandiprat1556 cove1567 rat1571 manling1573 bird1575 stone-horse1580 loona1586 shaver1592 slave1592 copemate1593 tit1594 dog1597 hima1599 prick1598 dingle-dangle1605 jade1608 dildoa1616 Roger1631 Johnny1648 boy1651 cod1653 cully1676 son of a bitch1697 cull1698 feller1699 chap1704 buff1708 son of a gun1708 buffer1749 codger1750 Mr1753 he-man1758 fella1778 gilla1790 gloak1795 joker1811 gory1819 covey1821 chappie1822 Charley1825 hombre1832 brother-man1839 rooster1840 blokie1841 hoss1843 Joe1846 guy1847 plug1848 chal1851 rye1851 omee1859 bloke1861 guffin1862 gadgie1865 mug1865 kerel1873 stiff1882 snoozer1884 geezer1885 josser1886 dude1895 gazabo1896 jasper1896 prairie dog1897 sport1897 crow-eater1899 papa1903 gink1906 stud1909 scout1912 head1913 beezer1914 jeff1917 pisser1918 bimbo1919 bozo1920 gee1921 mush1936 rye mush1936 basher1942 okie1943 mugger1945 cat1946 ou1949 tess1952 oke1970 bra1974 muzhik1993 1811 Sporting Mag. 38 50 Six jokers on horse~back were standing stock still. 1844 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit xli. 477 You were another sort of a joker in those days, you were! 1868 Auckland Punch No. 2. 7/1 If Louis Napoleon could be prevailed on to bring over his Zouaves, and join the mounted marines, together with some Indian jokers. 1888 J. D. Wickham Casual Ramblings xv. 92 The driver of this coach was the joker that wanted to charge me a shilling. 1891 C. Roberts Adrift in Amer. 136 We spotted some very fine turkeys, and my hungry companion said at once, ‘There is a good feed for two men on one of those jokers’. 1894 Times 14 Feb. 3/2 We managed to get the sick joker out of his bunk, but we could not get him aft. 1895 A. B. Paterson Man from Snowy River (1906) 71 My country joker, are you going to give it best? Are you frightened of the fences? 1941 Coast to Coast 197 We'd get tired of tramping around the mines listening to well-fed jokers say ‘No’. 1949 N.Z. Free Lance 24 Aug. 10 You jokers cleaned us up at footie. 1951 Landfall 5 21 There are about a dozen brush in the place and about three times as many jokers. 1963 Australasian Post (Melbourne) 14 Mar. 51/2 Mr Dingleton turned out to be a tall, rather thin, pleasant-looking joker with big feet. 1970 N.Z. Listener 12 Oct. 13/5 Their benevolent guff's even harder for a decent-spirited joker to accept. 3. a. Something used in playing a trick. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [noun] > a trick, deception > aid to trickery joker1858 feke1901 hypercard1975 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > [noun] > fraudulent device figment?a1475 cogc1555 fraud1658 joker1858 gold brick1865 1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table ii. 39 The thimble-rigger's ‘little joker’. 1895 Rev. of Reviews Jan. 70/2 These little jokers were attached to the left thumbs of certain judges of election as the ballots were being counted. These jokers are made of rubber and have a cross on them. b. An odd card in a pack, either left blank or ornamented with some design, used in some games, counting always as a trump and sometimes as the highest trump. Also in figurative phrase joker in the pack: a person whose behaviour is unexpected or unpredictable. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > card or cards > [noun] > joker joker1885 the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > unconformity > abnormality > [noun] > oddness > odd person singularist1593 singularitan1615 queer fellow1712 oddity1731 unaccountable1748 character1773 rum1788 eccentric1832 card1835 card1853 hard case1892 queer shot1900 rummy1909 hard thing1918 hardshot1924 quaint1939 odd bod1942 oddball1943 joker in the pack1963 quirky1975 1885 J. B. Greenough Queen of Hearts iii The White Knight, called the Joker, otherwise the Best Bower. 1894 St. James's Gaz. 19 July (Farmer) The game of poker is played with a pack of fifty-three cards, the fifty-third card being called the joker... American manufacturers of playing~cards are wont to include a blank card at the top of the pack; and it is, alas! true that some thrifty person suggested that the card should not be wasted. This was the origin of the joker. 1894 J. N. Maskelyne ‘Sharps & Flats’ 223 In euchre you can hold the joker every time. 1963 Times 25 Feb. (Canada Suppl.) p. ii/2 Mr. Caouette is a joker in the pack; his group's tally of 26 federal seats reflects a morbid situation. 1973 G. Sims Hunters Point vi. 47 Fred Wheeler may be the joker in the pack. He might have got Dave involved in something wild. 1974 Times 9 May 4/1 Although the Government has a majority of four votes over the Conservatives, there are 37 ‘jokers in the pack’. 4. A clause unobtrusively inserted in a legislative enactment and affecting its operation in a way not immediately apparent. Also transferred of a clause, etc., in a contract, administrative order, etc., which frustrates its intention or puts one of the parties at a disadvantage; figurative, a drawback, a ‘snag’, a trick. U.S. ΘΚΠ society > law > written law > [noun] > clause > types of clause amendment1581 sanction1651 tack1705 money clause1844 conscience clause1859 interpretation clause1897 joker1904 the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > [noun] > one who or that which hinders > a hindrance, impediment, or obstacle > unforeseen snag1830 snagging1880 catch1919 joker1935 1904 N.Y. Evening Post 11 May 1 They are all nervous over the possibility that there may be a hitherto unperceived joker in the present bill. 1904 New York Churchman 6 Aug. 215 That which..it was sought to obtain surreptitiously by what politicians call a ‘joker’ in the charter of Greater New York. 1906 N.Y. Evening Post 30 Apr. 6 The Malby ‘joker’ to the Adirondack Reserve bill. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 6 Apr. 2/1 It carried more of what are known in Washington as ‘little jokers’ than the Wilson Act, the McKinley Act, or any other Tariff Act since 1861. 1914 S. H. Adams Clarion 241 Even her simple mind grasped the joker in the contract. 1928 Daily Express 17 July 8/2 The surtax was slipped into the Finance Act of 1927 very much as a ‘joker’ is occasionally insinuated into an American Tariff Act—that is to say, surreptitiously, without anybody except those in the know being aware of the significance of what was happening. 1935 A. J. Pollock Underworld Speaks 65/1 Joker (nigger in the wood pile), laws, investigations, vice abatements, controversies, political appointments, newspaper articles, speeches or contracts arranged for..so that the looters in on the in will be financially benefited. 1942 E. Paul Narrow Street xiv. 100 Early in 1926 Painlevé introduced a bill to reorganize the French army from thirty-two to twenty divisions. To this was attached a joker, increasing the term of universal compulsory military service from one year to eighteen months. 1947 Harper's Mag. Nov. 441/1 The order also contains this crucial joker: The charges shall be stated as specifically and completely as..security conditions permit. 1953 Congress. Rec. 99 App. A5292/2 A postal rate increase bill..had within it a ‘joker’ which seriously affected the nonprofit publications of organized labor in all parts of America. Derivatives ˈjokeress n. a female joker. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > performance of jester or comedian > [noun] > jester or comedian > female disporteressc1430 juggleressc1430 jestress1557 jokeress1858 comedienne1945 the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [noun] > jest or pleasantry > one who jests or jokes > female jestress1557 jokeress1858 1858 J. Doran Hist. Court Fools 66 She was the duly-appointed jokeress, if I may so speak, to the Duchess. † ˈjokery n. Obsolete jesting, raillery. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > banter or good-humoured ridicule > [noun] mirth1560 dicacity1592 jest1597 pleasantry1602 raillery1642 rallery1652 badinage1658 banter1660 disport1667 badinerie1712 rig1725 bantery1739 jokery1740 persiflage1757 quizzery1809 quiz1819 chaff1841 borak1845 barrackc1890 mickey-take1968 smack talk1989 bants2008 1740 Apol. Life Mr. T— C—, Comedian v. 50 When he spoke, that seriousness of Joakery was discharg'd, and a dry drolling Levity took..Possession of him. 1970 Daily Tel. 21 May 6/5 I could find very little to make me laugh..although it has all the ingredients of current jokery. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1729
随便看	take a person's side take a person's word take a pew take a pipe take a pleasure take a ply take a point take a poke at take a poor view take a poor view of something take a pop at take a pounding take a powder take a pride in take a pritch take a pritch against take a pull take a pull at take a pull on oneself take a punt take a question take a rain check take a repulse take a review take a riding