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- Dictionaryjoke/dʒəʊk/
noun
- 1. a thing that someone says to cause amusement or laughter, especially a story with a funny punchline: "she was in a mood to tell jokes" Similar
verb
- 1. make jokes; talk humorously or flippantly: "she could laugh and joke with her colleagues" Similar
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The meaning of JOKE is something said or done to provoke laughter; especially : a brief oral narrative with a climactic humorous twist. How to use joke in a sentence.
something, such as a funny story or trick, that is said or done in order to make people laugh: Did I tell you the joke about the chicken crossing the road? She spent the evening cracking (= telling) jokes and telling funny stories. She tied his shoelaces together for a joke.
Joke definition: something said or done to provoke laughter or cause amusement, as a witticism, a short and amusing anecdote, or a prankish act. See examples of JOKE used in a sentence.
something, such as a funny story or trick, that is said or done in order to make people laugh: Did I tell you the joke about the chicken crossing the road? She spent the evening cracking (= telling) jokes and telling funny stories. She tied his shoelaces together for a joke.
A joke is something said or done for the sake of exciting laughter; it may be raillery, a witty remark, or a prank or trick: to tell a joke. jest, today a more formal word, nearly always refers to joking language and is more suggestive of scoffing or ridicule than is joke: to speak in jest.
A joke is a funny story or line that's meant to make people laugh. When you're good at telling jokes, you're the life of the party (and you're probably not telling knock-knock jokes).
Definition of joke noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. joke. noun. /dʒəʊk/ Idioms. something that you say or do to make people laugh, for example a funny story that you tell. I can't tell jokes. She's always cracking jokes. They often make jokes at each other's expense.
joke. (jōk) n. 1. Something said or done to evoke laughter or amusement, especially an amusing story with a punch line. 2. A mischievous trick; a prank: played a joke on his roommate. 3. Something that is of ludicrously poor quality: Their delivery service is a joke.
Definition of joke verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
something that someone says to make people laugh, usually a short story with a funny ending: to tell /make a joke. a good joke about dogs. Fewer examples. dirty jokes. a tasteless joke. We all laughed at the joke. He tried to lighten the atmosphere by telling a joke. He never gets any of my jokes.
