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noun | verb jokejoke1 /dʒoʊk/ noun ► joke something funny that you say or do to make people laugh: He was always telling jokes.Do you want to hear an old joke? What’s the difference between unlawful and illegal? One is against the law and the other is a sick bird.➔ If you do something as a joke, you do it for fun, usually by tricking someone: We moved my dad’s car around the corner as a joke so that he would think someone had stolen it.► gag a short joke told by a professional entertainer: He is a great comedian, with plenty of good gags.► one-liner a very short joke or funny remark: There are some good one-liners in the movie.► punch line the last few words of a joke or story that make it funny: I’ve heard that joke before, but I couldn’t remember the punch line.► pun a joke using a word that has two very different meanings: A pun about school that I like is: “Math teachers have a lot of problems.”► prank a trick that you play on someone for fun: Every year the older kids play pranks on the new students, like telling them that the principal’s office is the bathroom. noun | verb jokejoke2 /dʒoʊk/ verb ► joke to say something to make people laugh: Tom was laughing and joking with his friends.After Thanksgiving dinner, Dad joked that he would be hungry later.► tell jokes to tell funny stories: She was always telling jokes and making people laugh.► kid (informal) to say something that is not true, as a joke: Don’t get mad. I was only kidding.Are you kidding me? Are you really moving away?➔ You usually use kid in the phrase be kidding.► tease to say things to someone for fun, in order to embarrass or annoy him or her: The other kids at school used to tease him because he was overweight.► fool around to do or say silly things for fun: Quit fooling around and get back to your work. |