joke

noun countable

UK /dʒəʊk/

Word Forms

singular	joke
plural	jokes

1
something you say or do that is intended to make people laugh
Is this some kind of stupid joke?
Greg sprayed her with water as a joke.
make/crack a joke (=say something funny):
The men all sat there drinking beer and cracking jokes.
play a joke on someone (=do something to trick someone):
Stephen decided to play a joke on his teacher.
have a joke with someone (=not be serious in your behaviour towards them):
Sorry – I was only having a little joke with you.
someone’s idea of a joke (=an action that someone thinks is funny but you do not):
Hiding my car keys was her idea of a joke.
Synonyms and related words
Jokes
joke
pun
innuendo
1. 1a
  a short story that is funny at the end. The last line of the joke is called the punchline
  tell a joke:
  Soon the kids relaxed and were laughing and telling jokes.
  joke about:
  He told us a great joke about a talking dog.
  sick joke (=a very unpleasant joke):
  a sick joke about a dog in a microwave oven
  get the joke (=understand why the story is funny):
  Sorry – I don’t get the joke. Can you explain it?
  Synonyms and related words
  Jokes
  joke
  pun
  innuendo
2
something that is funny
The nurses thought it was all a huge joke.
English wine is sometimes considered a bit of a joke.
Synonyms and related words
Jokes
joke
pun
innuendo
1. 2a
  something that is so bad or silly that it annoys you
  That price is just a joke!
  Synonyms and related words
  Something that is annoying
  annoyance
  irritation
  irritant
3
see the joke
to understand something funny
I couldn’t stop laughing, but my friend didn’t see the joke.
Submitted by:
Emran Khoshrouye Ghiasi from Iran, Islamic Republic of on 01/09/2018
Open Dictionary - September2018

phrases

be no joke

can take a joke

go/get beyond a joke

the joke is on someone

joke

noun countable

US /dʒoʊk/

Word Forms

singular	joke
plural	jokes

1
something you say or do that is intended to make people laugh
Is this some kind of stupid joke?
Greg sprayed her with water as a joke.
make/crack a joke (=say something funny):
The men all sat there drinking beer and cracking jokes.
play a joke on someone (=do something to trick someone):
Stephen decided to play a joke on his teacher.
someone’s idea of a joke (=an action that someone thinks is funny but you do not):
Hiding my car keys was her idea of a joke.
Synonyms and related words
Jokes
joke
pun
innuendo
1. 1a
  a short story that is funny at the end. The last line of the joke is called the punchline
  tell a joke:
  Soon the kids relaxed and were laughing and telling jokes.
  joke about:
  He told us a great joke about a talking dog.
  sick joke (=a very unpleasant joke):
  a sick joke about a dog in a microwave oven
  get the joke (=understand why the story is funny):
  Sorry – I don’t get the joke. Can you explain it?
  Synonyms and related words
  Jokes
  joke
  pun
  innuendo
2
something that is funny
The nurses thought it was all a huge joke.
Synonyms and related words
Jokes
joke
pun
innuendo
1. 2a
  something that is so bad or silly that it annoys you
  That price is just a joke!
  Synonyms and related words
  Something that is annoying
  joke
  pest
  irritation
3
see the joke
to understand something funny
I couldn’t stop laughing, but my friend didn’t see the joke.
Submitted by:
Emran Khoshrouye Ghiasi from Iran, Islamic Republic of on 01/09/2018
Open Dictionary - September2018

phrases

be no joke

can take a joke

go/get beyond a joke

the joke is on someone

joke

verb intransitive

UK /dʒəʊk/

Word Forms

present tense
I/you/we/they	joke
he/she/it	jokes
present participle	joking
past tense	joked
past participle	joked

1
to say things that are intended to make someone laugh
joke with:
Jill was laughing and joking with the customers in her shop.
joke about:
You shouldn’t joke about such serious things.
joke that:
Helen joked that she would now be irresistible to men.
Synonyms and related words
To tell a joke or jokes
joke
tell
quip
2
(used with an object) to tease someone; to kid someone
Are you joking me? She can’t have said that.
Submitted from:
United Kingdom on 18/10/2012
Open Dictionary - October2012

phrases

be joking

(all) joking aside/apart

only/just joking

you’re joking

joke

verb intransitive

US /dʒoʊk/

Word Forms

present tense
I/you/we/they	joke
he/she/it	jokes
present participle	joking
past tense	joked
past participle	joked

1
to say things that are intended to make someone laugh
joke with:
Jill was laughing and joking with the customers.
joke about:
You shouldn’t joke about such serious things.
joke that:
Helen joked that she would now be irresistible to men.
Synonyms and related words
To tell a joke or jokes
joke
tell
quip
2
(used with an object) to tease someone; to kid someone
Are you joking me? She can’t have said that.
Submitted from:
United Kingdom on 18/10/2012
Open Dictionary - October2012

phrases

be joking

(all) joking aside/apart

only/just joking

you’re joking

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see the joke

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