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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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rally
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??æ.li/
- Rhymes: -æli
Etymology 1
From Middle French rallier (French rallier), from Old French ralier, from Latin prefix re- + ad + ligare (“to bind; to ally”).
Noun
rally (plural rallies)
- A public gathering or mass meeting that is not mainly a protest and is organized to inspire enthusiasm for a cause.
- A protest or demonstration for or against something, but often with speeches and often without marching, especially in North America.
- (squash (sport), table tennis, tennis, badminton) A sequence of strokes between serving and scoring a point.
- (motor racing) An event in which competitors drive through a series of timed special stages at intervals. The winner is the driver who completes all stages with the shortest cumulative time.
- (business, trading) A recovery after a decline in prices (said of the market, stocks, etc.)
Hyponyms
- (increase in value): dead cat bounce
Translations
Verb
rally (third-person singular simple present rallies, present participle rallying, simple past and past participle rallied)
- To collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion; to gather again; to reunite.
- To come into orderly arrangement; to renew order, or united effort, as troops scattered or put to flight; to assemble; to unite.
- 2019, Louise Taylor, Alex Morgan heads USA past England into Women’s World Cup final (in The Guardian, 2 July 2019)[1]
- The USA were dominant but, to England’s immense credit, they repeatedly rallied, refusing to fold. Indeed they could conceivably have gone in level at the interval had Naeher not made an acrobatic, stretching, fingertip save to divert Walsh’s 25-yard thunderbolt as it whizzed unerringly on its apparently inexorable trajectory towards the top corner.
- The Grecians rally, and their powers unite.
- 1663, John Tillotson, The Wisdom of being Religious
- Innumerable parts of matter chanced just then to rally together, and to form themselves into this new world.
- 2019, Louise Taylor, Alex Morgan heads USA past England into Women’s World Cup final (in The Guardian, 2 July 2019)[1]
- To collect one's vital powers or forces; to regain health or consciousness; to recuperate.
- (business, trading) To recover strength after a decline in prices; -- said of the market, stocks, etc.
Synonyms
- (gather, unite, especially troops): muster
- (increase in value): bounce back, rebound
Antonyms
- (increase in value): decline
Derived terms
- rallying point
Translations
Etymology 2
From French railler. See rail (“to scoff”).
Verb
rally (third-person singular simple present rallies, present participle rallying, simple past and past participle rallied)
- (transitive) To tease; to chaff good-humouredly.
- Honeycomb […] rallies me after his way upon my country life.
- 1713, John Gay, The Fan
- Strephon had long confessed his amorous pain / Which gay Corinna rallied with disdain.
Noun
rally (uncountable)
- Good-humoured raillery.
References
- rally in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- Ryall
Czech
Noun
rally f
- rally (motor racing event)
Synonyms
- rallye f
Italian
Etymology
From English rally
Noun
rally m (invariable)
- rally event involving groups of people
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From English rally
Noun
rally n (definite singular rallyet, indefinite plural rally or rallyer, definite plural rallya or rallyene)
- a rally (e.g. in motor sport)
References
- “rally” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From English rally
Noun
rally n (definite singular rallyet, indefinite plural rally, definite plural rallya)
- a rally (e.g. in motor sport)
References
- “rally” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese
Noun
rally m (plural rallys)
- Alternative spelling of rali
Spanish
Noun
rally m (plural rallys)
- rally
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