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joke

   4 ENTRIES FOUND:
    1. 1) joke (noun)
    2. 2) joke (verb)
    3. in-joke (noun)
    4. practical joke (noun)

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   [BUTTON Input] (not implemented)_____ noun \ˈjōk\

Definition of JOKE

   1
   a : something said or done to provoke laughter; especially : a brief
   oral narrative with a climactic humorous twist b (1) : the humorous or
   ridiculous element in something (2) : an instance of jesting : kidding
   <can't take a joke> c : practical joke d : laughingstock
   2
   : something not to be taken seriously : a trifling matter <consider his
   skiing a joke — Harold Callender> —often used in negative constructions
   <it is no joke to be lost in the desert>
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Examples of JOKE

    1. She meant it as a joke, but many people took her seriously.
    2. They played a harmless joke on him.
    3. They are always making jokes about his car.
    4. I heard a funny joke yesterday.
    5. the punch line of a joke
    6. I didn't get the joke.
    7. That exam was a joke.
    8. Their product became a joke in the industry.
    9. He's in danger of becoming a national joke.

Origin of JOKE

   Latin jocus; perhaps akin to Old High German gehan to say, Sanskrit
   yācati he asks
   First Known Use: 1670

Related to JOKE

   Synonyms: boff (or boffo), boffola, crack, drollery, funny, gag, giggle
   [chiefly British], jape, jest, josh, laugh, nifty, one-liner,
   pleasantry, quip, rib, sally, waggery, wisecrack, witticism, yuk (or
   yuck also yak or yock) [slang]
   Related Words: funning, joking, wisecracking; knee-slapper, panic
   [slang], riot, scream, thigh-slapper; antic, buffoonery, caper,
   leg-pull, monkeyshine(s), practical joke, prank, trick; burlesque,
   caricature, lampoon, mock, mockery, parody, put-on, riff; banter,
   kidding, persiflage, raillery, repartee; drollness, facetiousness,
   funniness, hilariousness, humorousness; comedy, humor, wit, wordplay
   Near Antonyms: homage, tribute
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Rhymes with JOKE

   bloke, broke, choke, cloak, coke, croak, folk, hoke, moke, oak, poke,
   Polk, roque, smoke, soak, soke, spoke, stoke, stroke, toke, toque,
   yogh, yoke, yolk

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