joke

  • 31Joke — 1. something extremely bad, pathetic, awful, dreadful, etc.: Their defensive play is a joke ; 2. hopeless, stupid, useless person: You re nothing but a joke, an absolute joke ; pack of hopeless jokes …

    Dictionary of Australian slang

  • 32joke — Australian Slang 1. something extremely bad, pathetic, awful, dreadful, etc.: Their defensive play is a joke ; 2. hopeless, stupid, useless person: You re nothing but a joke, an absolute joke ; pack of hopeless jokes …

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  • 33joke — [[t]dʒoʊk[/t]] n. v. joked, jok•ing 1) a short humorous anecdote with a punch line 2) anything said or done to provoke laughter or cause amusement 3) something amusing or ridiculous: I don t see the joke in that[/ex] 4) an object of laughter or… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 34Joke — Als Witz bezeichnet man einen kurzen Text (Erzählung, Wortwechsel, Frage mit Antwort oder Ähnliches), der einen Sachverhalt so mitteilt, dass nach der ersten Darstellung unerwartet eine ganz andere Auffassung zutage tritt. Der plötzliche… …

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  • 35joke — 1. noun a) An amusing story. It was a joke! b) Something said or done for amusement. Your effort at cleaning your room is a joke. See Also: jocular 2. verb To do or say something f …

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  • 36joke — [17] Latin jocus meant ‘jest, joke’ (a possible link with Old High German gehan ‘say’ and Sanskrit yācati ‘he implores’ suggests that its underlying meaning was ‘word play’). It passed into Old French as jeu, which lies behind English jeopardy… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 37joke — noun 1》 a thing said to cause amusement.     ↘a trick played for fun. 2》 informal a ridiculously inadequate person or thing. verb make jokes. ↘archaic poke fun at. Phrases be no joke informal be a serious or difficult matter. be beyond a joke… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 38joke — I. n. Jest, quip, quirk, crank, witticism, sally, jeu d esprit. II. v. a. Jest, crack a joke, perpetrate a joke …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 39joke — 1. noun 1) telling jokes Syn: funny story, jest, witticism, quip, pun; informal gag, wisecrack, crack, funny, one liner; N.Amer.; informal boffola 2) playing stupid jokes Syn …

    Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

  • 40joke — I joke 1. joke sb., n, s, sene (vittighed) II jo|ke 2. jo|ke vb., r, de, t (spøge, lave sjov) …

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