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joke

/ˈʤoʊk/

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noun

plural jokes

[count] something said or done to cause laughter

She meant it as a joke, but many people took her seriously.

Is this your idea of a joke? [=do you think that what you are saying/doing is funny?]

They played a harmless joke on him.

They are always making jokes about his car.

He thought he could embarrass us, but now the joke is on him. [=he is the one who looks foolish]

He just can't take a joke. [=he does not like it when other people make jokes about him]

a brief story with a surprising and funny ending

I heard a funny joke yesterday.

the punch line of a joke

She's always cracking/telling jokes.

I didn't get/understand the joke.

an inside joke [=a joke that is understood only by people with special knowledge about something] - see also in-joke, practical joke

disapproving :someone or something that is not worth taking seriously

That exam was a joke.

Their product became a joke in the industry.

He's in danger of becoming a national joke.

It's no joke to be lost in the woods. = Being lost in the woods is no joke. [=being lost in the woods is a serious situation]

verb

jokes; joked; joking

to say things that are meant to cause laughter :to make jokes about someone or something [no obj]

My friends would joke about the uniform I had to wear at work.

She joked about the possibility of losing her job.

I thought he was joking when he said he might quit, but it turned out that he really meant it.

Don't take it seriously: I was only joking.

She spent a few minutes joking with reporters after giving her speech.

The report is to be done by tomorrow. You're joking. = You must be joking. [=you must be kidding; what you say is very surprising or hard to believe]

It's no joking matter. [=it is no joke; it is a serious matter] [+ obj]

She joked that she could always get work as a truck driver if she lost her job.

joking aside

or Brit joking apart - used to introduce a serious statement that follows a humorous statement

It looks like this is a job for Superman! But joking aside, this is a serious problem and we're going to need help.

* Các từ tương tự:
joker, jokester, jokey