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joke
English
Etymology
From Latin iocus (“joke, jest, pastime”), from Proto-Italic *jokos (“word, (playful?) saying”), from Proto-Indo-European *yokos (“word, utterance”), from ultimate root Proto-Indo-European *yek- (“to speak, utter”) (of which distant cognates include Proto-Celtic *yextis (“language”) (Breton yezh (“language”) and Welsh iaith (“language”)) and German Beichte (“confession”)). Cognate with French jouer, Italian giocare, Portuguese jogar, Spanish juego and jugar, and Romanian juca.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /d???k/
- (US) IPA(key): /d?o?k/
- Rhymes: -??k
Noun
joke (plural jokes)
- An amusing story.
- 1708, John Gay, Wine
- Or witty joke our airy senses moves / To pleasant laughter.
- 1708, John Gay, Wine
- Something said or done for amusement, not in seriousness.
- It was a joke!
- (figuratively) The root cause or main issue, especially an unexpected one
- (figuratively) A laughably worthless thing or person; a sham.
- Your effort at cleaning your room is a joke.
- The president was a joke.
Usage notes
- Adjectives often applied to "joke": old, bad, inside, poor, silly, funny, lame, hilarious, stupid, offensive.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:joke
Coordinate terms
- comedy
- limerick
- parody
- pun
Derived terms
Related terms
- jocular
Descendants
- ? Danish: joke
- ? French: joke
- ? Persian: ????
- ? Japanese: ????, ? Japanese: ??
- ? Welsh: jôc
Translations
Verb
joke (third-person singular simple present jokes, present participle joking, simple past and past participle joked)
- (intransitive) To do or say something for amusement rather than seriously.
- I didn’t mean what I said — I was only joking.
- (intransitive, followed by with) To dupe in a friendly manner for amusement; to mess with, play with.
- Relax, man, I'm just joking with you.
- (transitive, dated) To make merry with; to make jokes upon; to rally.
- to joke a comrade
Related terms
- joker
Translations
See also
- jeer
- mock
Anagrams
- ojek
Danish
Etymology 1
Borrowed from English joke.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?d?j?w??]
Noun
joke c (singular definite joken, plural indefinite jokes)
- joke
Inflection
Synonyms
- spøg
- vits
- vittighed
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English joke.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?d?j?w???], (imperative) IPA(key): [?d?j?w???]
Verb
joke (past tense jokede, past participle joket)
- joke
Inflection
Synonyms
- spøge
French
Etymology
From English joke.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d?ok/
- (Quebec) IPA(key): /d?o?k/
Noun
joke f (plural jokes)
- (Louisiana, Quebec) joke
Derived terms
- faire une joke
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joker
English
Etymology
joke +? -er, but in the sense of a playing card possibly by alteration of Jucker, also the origin of the name of the card game euchre.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?d???k?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?d?o?k?/
- Rhymes: -??k?(r)
Noun
joker (plural jokers)
- A person who makes jokes.
- (slang) A funny person.
- A jester.
- Synonyms: court jester, fool, jester
- A playing card that features a picture of a joker (that is, a jester) and that may be used as a wild card in some card games.
- An unspecified, vaguely disreputable person.
- (New Zealand, colloquial) A man.
- A clause in a contract that undermines its apparent provisions.
- 1922, Farm Machinery and Equipment (page lxxxiii)
- Discussion of contracts and the many provisions contained therein led to a vote making it the sense of the convention that manufacturers should use a simple sales contract, free from jokers.
- 1939, Canadian Parliament, Official Report of Debates, House of Commons (volume 218, page 858)
- Then, sir, on page 12 of the agreement there is a joker clause, which provides for payments in addition to the ten per cent, […]
- 1942, Billboard (volume 54, number 41, page 5)
- Stone claimed that there was a Joker in the contract, one clause (No. 2) calling for two weeks' notice and another (No. 8) calling for payment on a par-day basis after the first two weeks.
- 1958, Duncan Leroy Kennedy, Bill drafting (page 12)
- The object of these provisions is to prevent insertion of "jokers" or "sleepers" in bills and securing passage under the false color of the title.
- 1922, Farm Machinery and Equipment (page lxxxiii)
Related terms
- joke
See also
- ????, ????, ????
Translations
See also
See also
- Wikipedia article on jokers (jesters)
- Wikipedia article on the joker (playing card)
- Wikipedia article on the Joker in Batman
Anagrams
- jerko
Danish
Etymology
From English joker.
Noun
joker
- joker (playing card)
Declension
Further reading
- “joker” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
Etymology
From English joker.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?jo?k?r/
- Rhymes: -o?k?r
Noun
joker m (plural jokers, diminutive jokertje n)
- joker (playing card)
- any wild card or similar, even in non-card games
Derived terms
- voor joker staan
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.k??/
- (Quebec) IPA(key): /d?o.kœ?/, [d?o??.kœ?]
Noun
joker m (plural jokers)
- (card games) joker
- (computing) wildcard
- (on a game show) lifeline
- (Scrabble) blank tile
See also
Further reading
- “joker” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Polish
Alternative forms
- d?oker
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?d???.k?r/
Noun
joker m anim
- (card games) joker
Declension
Portuguese
Noun
joker m (plural jokers)
- Alternative form of jóquer
See also
Romanian
Etymology
From French joker, English joker.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?d??o.k?r/
Noun
joker m (plural jokeri)
- (card games) joker
Declension
joker From the web:
- what joker died
- what joker killed himself
- what joker actor died
- what joker is the big joker
- what joker are you
- what joker real name
- what joker has lost the most
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