joke
11Joke — [dʒouk] der; s, s <aus gleichbed. engl. joke, dies aus lat. iocus> (ugs.) Witz, spaßige Geschichte …
12joke — verb. The archaic sense ‘to poke fun at’ has surfaced again in recent very informal uses such as don t joke me = don t kid me. This use is appealing but non standard …
13Joke — (engl., spr. dschōk), Scherz, Spaß …
14joke — index jape Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
15joke — ► NOUN 1) a statement made or short story told in order to cause amusement. 2) a trick played for fun. 3) informal a ridiculously inadequate or inappropriate thing. ► VERB ▪ make jokes. DERIVATIVES jokey (also joky) adj …
16Joke — This article is about the form of humour. For other uses, see Joke (disambiguation). Contents 1 Purpose 2 Antiquity of jokes 3 …
17joke — joke1 W3S2 [dʒəuk US dʒouk] n [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: jocus] 1.) something that you say or do to make people laugh, especially a funny story or trick ▪ Do you know any good jokes? joke about ▪ a joke about absent minded professors ▪… …
18joke — I n. 1) to crack, tell a joke 2) to ad lib a joke 3) to play a joke on 4) to carry a joke too far 5) to take a joke (he can t take a joke) 6) to make a joke of smt. 7) a clean; coarse, crude; dirty, obscene, off color, smutty; old, stale;… …
19joke */*/ — I UK [dʒəʊk] / US [dʒoʊk] noun [countable] Word forms joke : singular joke plural jokes 1) a) something you say or do that is intended to make people laugh Is this some kind of stupid joke? Greg sprayed her with water as a joke. make/crack a joke …
20joke — joke1 [ dʒouk ] noun count ** 1. ) something you say or do that is intended to make people laugh: Is this some kind of stupid joke? Greg sprayed her with water as a joke. make/crack a joke (=say something funny): The men all sat there drinking… …
