JOKE
\d͡ʒˈə͡ʊk], \dʒˈəʊk], \dʒ_ˈəʊ_k]\
Definitions of JOKE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement
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activity characterized by good humor
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a triviality not to be taken seriously; "I regarded his campaign for mayor as a joke"
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a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter; "he told a very funny joke"; "he knows a million gags"; "thanks for the laugh"; "he laughed unpleasantly at hisown jest"; "even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point"
By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Something said for the sake of exciting a laugh; something witty or sportive (commonly indicating more of hilarity or humor than jest); a jest; a witticism; as, to crack good-natured jokes.
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Something not said seriously, or not actually meant; something done in sport.
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To make merry with; to make jokes upon; to rally; to banter; as, to joke a comrade.
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To do something for sport, or as a joke; to be merry in words or actions; to jest.
By Oddity Software
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Something said for the sake of exciting a laugh; something witty or sportive (commonly indicating more of hilarity or humor than jest); a jest; a witticism; as, to crack good-natured jokes.
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Something not said seriously, or not actually meant; something done in sport.
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To make merry with; to make jokes upon; to rally; to banter; as, to joke a comrade.
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To do something for sport, or as a joke; to be merry in words or actions; to jest.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A jest: a witticism: something witty or sportive: anything said or done to excite a laugh.
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To cast jokes at: to banter: to make merry with.
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To jest: to be merry: to make sport.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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A jest to raise a laugh; something witty or sportive; something not serious or in earnest.
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To rally; to make merry with. A practical joke, a joke played on a person, sometimes to his injury or annoyance. In joke, in jest, not in earnest.
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To jest; to sport.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
