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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
joke/ʤəʊk/
▶noun
- 1 a thing said to cause amusement.
■ a trick played for fun.
- 2 informal a ridiculously inadequate person or thing.
■ archaic poke fun at.
– phrases
be no joke informal be a serious or difficult matter.
be beyond a joke informal be serious or worrying.
be no joke informal be a serious or difficult matter.
be beyond a joke informal be serious or worrying.
– derivatives
joking adjective,
jokingly adverb.
joking adjective,
jokingly adverb.
– origin C17: perh. from L. jocus ‘jest, wordplay’.
'joke' also found in these Oxford entries:
apple-pie bed
- badinage
- blague
- blue
- bone
- chestnut
- cod
- crack
- debag
- Easter egg
- flirt
- fun
- gag
- have
- hook
- in-joke
- itching powder
- jape
- jest
- jocose
- jocular
- jocund
- killer
- knee-slapper
- lead
- leg-pull
- one
- one-liner
- pleasantry
- practical joke
- prank
- pun
- punchline
- rib-tickler
- running
- scherzo
- shaggy
- standing joke
- taste
- thigh-slapper
- trick
- wedgie
- wisecrack
Forum discussions with the word(s) "joke" in the title:
'Bleacher creatures' joke - translation
"That was a joke when I said I didn't speak English"
"That was a joke when I said I didn't speak English"
"the joke's on you"
a (hackneyed, Flat ...) joke or movie
a funny joke
a joke
a joke - loaded with cartoons
A joke about Poughkeepsie
A joke in English I cannot figure out
A practical joke
a sheep joke
adjective for 'joke'
as a half joke and if the books and teachers are removed
aware that the joke was on her, (and) dumbly embarrassed
big head joke
blue joke
butt of the joke
Buy your own presents (joke)
Caracas (joke)
climax of a joke
Comments on a joke told
crack a joke
Crack a joke - why do we say this?
dry joke
Duplicates (Joke)
english joke
find her way to the end of a joke
flat joke
get it? vs got it? [joke]
more...
"That was a joke when I said I didn't speak English"
"That was a joke when I said I didn't speak English"
"the joke's on you"
a (hackneyed, Flat ...) joke or movie
a funny joke
a joke
a joke - loaded with cartoons
A joke about Poughkeepsie
A joke in English I cannot figure out
A practical joke
a sheep joke
adjective for 'joke'
as a half joke and if the books and teachers are removed
aware that the joke was on her, (and) dumbly embarrassed
big head joke
blue joke
butt of the joke
Buy your own presents (joke)
Caracas (joke)
climax of a joke
Comments on a joke told
crack a joke
Crack a joke - why do we say this?
dry joke
Duplicates (Joke)
english joke
find her way to the end of a joke
flat joke
get it? vs got it? [joke]
more...
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