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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.
Definition of joke noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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.
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.
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).
a : something said or done to cause laughter. She meant it as a joke, but many people took her seriously. Is this your idea of a joke? [=do you think that what you are saying/doing is funny?] They played a harmless joke on him. [+] more examples. b : a brief story with a surprising and funny ending. I heard a funny joke yesterday.
A joke is a display of humour in which words are used within a specific and well-defined narrative structure to make people laugh and is usually not meant to be interpreted literally.
