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punchline
English
Noun
punchline (plural punchlines)
- Alternative spelling of punch line
French
Etymology
From English punchline.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pœn?.lajn/
Noun
punchline f (plural punchlines)
- (hip hop) Sentence of a rap song, carrying a strong message.
- Strong or shocking one-sentenced statement.
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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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