A joke is a funny story or line that's meant to make people laugh. When you're good at telling jokes, you're the life of the party (and you're probably not telling knock knock jokes).
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;
Noun
a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement
Noun
activity characterized by good humor
Noun
a triviality not to be taken seriously; "I regarded his campaign for mayor as a joke"
Noun
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"
Verb
act in a funny or teasing way
Verb
tell a joke; speak humorously; "He often jokes even when he appears serious"
n.
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.
n.
Something not said seriously, or not actually meant;
something done in sport.
v. t.
To make merry with; to make jokes upon; to rally; to
banter; as, to joke a comrade.
v. i.
To do something for sport, or as a joke; to be merry in
words or actions; to jest.
Joke
And gentle dullness ever loves a joke.
Or witty joke our airy senses moves To pleasant laughter.2.
Inclose whole downs in walls, 't is all a joke.
Joke
Joke
He laughed, shouted, joked, and swore.
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;
To make merry with; to make jokes upon; to rally; to banter;
To do something for sport, or as a joke; to be merry in words or actions; to jest.
Usage Examples
From as long as, literally as far back as I can remember I've liked puns, word jokes, I can literally recall looking at a comic at the age of six or seven and I remember what I enjoyed and what it was precisely and how the joke worked.
Humor is always based on a modicum of truth. Have you ever heard a joke about a father-in-law?
A rumor that followed me forever was that my family was in the mafia. For years I had to live with it. They'd call me the mafia princess, so I rolled with it for the rest of high school. People even joke about it today.
Being a parent is not for the faint of heart. I may joke about knowing fear, but the fact is, the first time I ever knew real fear was the day Charlotte, my first child, was born. Suddenly there is someone in the world you care about more than anything.
Being funny is one of my greatest strengths. I can make girls smile when they're down, and when they're having a good time, I can carry on the joke.
I didn't plan to be the rude middle-class comedian. You write a certain type of joke that you find funny, and mine happen to be often rude. Yes, it's juvenile, but that's me.
I joke around a lot about the manic times because they're funny. We manics do outrageous things and it is part of our colorful nature.
Comedy is so subjective. You could be in a room with 400 people laughing at a joke and you could just not think it's funny. You're just sitting there like, 'Am I in the twilight zone? Why is everyone laughing?' It's such a personal thing. People have such a personal visceral response to comedy.
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Other Usage ExamplesForgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee, and I'll forgive Thy great big joke on me.
A joke is a very serious thing.
A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor, for it takes irony to appreciate the joke which is on oneself.
A sense of humor is the ability to understand a joke - and that the joke is oneself.
All he cares about is going out there with his Jack Daniels bottle. Nothing has changed. That's kind of sad. If David was doing better than he used to be, then that would be different. But it was a joke and he made it that way.
Advice is sometimes transmitted more successfully through a joke than grave teaching.
A caricature is putting the face of a joke on the body of a truth.
First of all, Saddam did not win the war, even though he says he did, I mean, you know, that's a joke and everybody in the world knows it.
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