Joke

Noun

 * 1) An amusing story.
 * 2) Something said or done for amusement.
 * It was a joke!
 * 1)  A worthless thing or person.
 * Your effort at cleaning your room is a joke.
 * The president was a joke.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:joke

Derived terms

 * bad joke
 * standing joke
 * knock-knock joke


 * light bulb joke
 * practical joke

Related terms

 * jocular

Coordinate terms

 * comedy
 * limerick
 * parody
 * pun

Verb

 * 1)  To do or say something for humourous amusement rather than seriously.
 * I didn’t mean what I said — I was only joking.

Related terms

 * joker

Adjectives for Joke
rude; matter-of-fact; practical; outrageous; affectionate; oft-repeated; grave; crowning; pathetic; sly; obscene; indelicate; cynical; mocking; foolish; fermented; repressed; bibliomaniacal; deplorable; mutual; uncountable (pi); endless; inopportune; wonderful; delicious; off-color; miserable; particular; impish;  questionable;  horrible; priceless.

Verbs for Joke
censor—; exchange—s; flash—; guffaw at—; interpret—; laugh at—; perpetrate—; refine—; report—; retail—s; season with —; share—; swap (colloq.)—s; time—; understand—; —affronts; —amuses; —caps; —climaxes; —delights; —offends; —pains; — stings; —wears thin.

Thesaurus
a continental, a curse, a damn, a darn, a hoot, absurdity, anecdote, antic, badinage, bagatelle, banter, bauble, be merry with, bean, belly laugh, bibelot, bijouterie, bit, blue story, bon mot, brass farthing, buffoon, burlesque, butt, button, byword, byword of reproach, caper, caricature, cent, chaff, crack, crack a joke, crack wise, curio, derision, dido, dirty joke, dirty story, double entendre, drollery, dupe, ethnic joke, exchange, facetiousness, fair game, farce, farthing, feather, fig, figure of fun, fleabite, fleer at, folderol, fool, fooling, fooling around, fribble, frippery, frolic, fun, funny story, gag, game, gaud, gazingstock, gewgaw, gibe at, gimcrack, give-and-take, goat, good one, good story, good-natured banter, hair, halfpenny, harmless teasing, haze, hill of beans, howler, humor, humorousness, jape, jest, jestbook, jestingstock, jive, jocoseness, jocularity, jolly, josh, kickshaw, kid, kid around, kidding, kidding around, knickknack, knickknackery, laugh, laughingstock, make a funny, make fun, make fun of, minikin, mock, mockery, molehill, monkey, monkeyshine, needle, panic, parody, peppercorn, persiflage, picayune, pilgarlic, pin, pinch of snuff, pinprick, play, play on words, pleasantry, point, poke fun at, prank, pun, put on, quip, quiz, rag, raillery, rally, rallying, rap, razz, red cent, repartee, rib, rib tickler, ride, ridicule, riot, roast, row of pins, rush, sally, sarcasm, scintillate, scoff at, scream, shit, sick joke, sidesplitter, sight gag, snap, sneeshing, sou, sparkle, sport, stock, story, straw, target, taunt, tease, toy, travesty, trifle, trinket, triviality, tuppence, twit, two cents, twopence, utter a mot, victim, visual joke, waggery, wheeze, whim-wham, wisecrack, wit, witticism, wittiness, wordplay, wow, yak, yarn

Etymology
from iocus:

Pronunciation




Noun

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