joke
UK/ˈd͡ʒəʊ̯k//ˈd͡ʒoʊ̯k/
joke noun: an amusing story.
Noun
joke (plural jokes)
- An amusing story.
- Or witty joke our airy senses moves / To pleasant laughter.1708, John Gay, Wine
- Something said or done for amusement, not in seriousness.
- It was a joke!
- A laughably worthless thing or person; a sham.
- Your effort at cleaning your room is a joke.
- The president was a joke.
- Something that is far easier or far less challenging than expected.
- The final exam was a joke.
Verb
joke (third-person singular simple present jokes, present participle joking, simple past and past participle joked)
- To do or say something for amusement rather than seriously.
- I didn’t mean what I said — I was only joking.
- Synonyms:
- jest
- To dupe in a friendly manner for amusement; to mess with, play with.
- Relax, man, I'm just joking with you.
- Synonyms:
- sport
- To make merry with; to make jokes upon; to rally.
- to joke a comrade
- He made more than one visit to Oxbridge, where the young fellows were amused by entertaining the old gentleman, and gave parties and breakfasts and fêtes, partly to joke him and partly to do him honour.1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 21, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published...
joke meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
joke in Hindi
- amusing story
- चुटकुला cuṭkulā, लतीफ़ा latīfā
- something said or done for amusement
- मज़ाक़ mazāq, चुटकुला cuṭkulā, लतीफ़ा latīfā
joke in Tamil
- amusing story
- நகைச்சுவை nakaiccuvai
- something said or done for amusement
- வேடிக்கை vēṭikkai, நகைச்சுவை nakaiccuvai
- do for amusement
- விளையாடு viḷaiyāṭu
joke in Marathi
- joke, humor
- विनोद vinod
joke in Urdu
- amusing story
- لَطِیفَہ latīfa
- something said or done for amusement
- مَذاق mazāq, لَطِیفَہ latīfa, ہَزْل hazl
More languagesFewer languages
- joke in Bengali
- প্রহসন prohośon, রসিকতা rośikota
- joke in Telugu
- సరసము sarasamu, నగుబాటు nagubāṭu
- joke in Malayalam
- തമാശ tamāśa
- joke in Kannada
- ತಾರೀಫು tārīphu
- joke in Punjabi
- ਮਖੌਲ makhaul
- joke in Gujarati
- મજાક
- joke in Odia
- ପ୍ରେମ prema
- joke in Sanskrit
- विनोदकणिका vinodakaṇikā, उपहासगिर् upahāsagir, अभिहास abhihāsa
- joke in Nepali
- चुटकुला
- joke in Pashto
- ټوکه ṭoka, انک anák
- joke in Tagalog
- biro, gago, gaguhan, panggagago
- joke in Arabic
- طُرْفَة ṭurfa, نُكْتَة nukta, نَادِرَة nādira, لَطِيفَة laṭīfa
- joke in Malay
- jenaka, seloroh, lawak
- joke in Indonesian
- candaan, lelucon, lawak
- joke in Thai
- มุก múk, เรื่องตลก rʉ̂ʉang-dtà-lòk
- joke in Vietnamese
- chuyện tiếu lâm, đùa, lời nói đùa, câu nói đùa
- joke in Myanmar
- အသော a.sau:, ရွှတ် hrwat
Examples of joke in a sentence
- She gave me a wink afterwards, so I knew she was joking.
- The comedian's jokes weren't funny, but I forced a laugh now and then.
- He dug an elbow into my ribs and guffawed at his own joke.
Synonyms of joke
Forms of joke
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | jokes |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | jokes |
| present participle | joking |
| past participle | joked |
| past | joked |
Origin of joke
From Latin iocus (“joke, jest, pastime”), from Proto-Italic *jokos (“word, (playful?) saying”), from Proto-Indo-European *yokos (“word, utterance”), from ultimate root Proto-Indo-European *yek- (“to speak, utter”) (of which distant cognates include Proto-Celtic *yextis (“language”) (Breton yezh (“language”) and Welsh iaith (“language”)) and German Beichte (“confession”)). Cognate with French jeu, Italian gioco, Portuguese jogo, Spanish juego, Romanian joc, English Yule, Danish Jule, Norwegian Bokmål Jul, Swedish Jul, and Norwegian Nynorsk jol.
Words formed from joke
- all jokes aside
- antijoke
- anti-joke
- bad joke
- beyond a joke
- blonde joke
- brick joke
- brown joke
- dad joke
- dial-a-joke
- dick joke
- dirty joke
- fourth wall joke
- green joke
- half joke
- in-joke
- inside joke
- Irish joke
- joke book
- jokee
- jokefest
- jokefic
- jokeful
- joke Joyce
- jokeless
- jokelet
- jokelike
- joke line
- jokely
- jokeman
- jokeproof
- jokes aside
- joke shop
- jokesmith
- jokesome
- jokester
- joke theft
- joke thief
- jokette
- jokey
- jokish
- jokist
- joky
- Kerryman joke
- knock-knock joke
- knock knock joke
- lightbulb joke
- light bulb joke
- make a joke of
- metajoke
- Newfie joke
- no joke
- nonjoke
- one joke
- practical joke
- private joke
- running joke
- sick joke
- standing joke
- take a joke
Phrases with joke
- joke up
- joke books
- joke it up
- joke shops
- joke around
- took a joke
- joke thieves
- taken a joke
- takes a joke
- 4th wall joke
- taking a joke
- made a joke of
5 more phrasesFewer phrases
Words that rhyme with joke
Questions about joke
- What does joke mean?
- Joke means an amusing story.
- What is joke in Hindi?
- Joke in Hindi is चुटकुला (cuṭkulā), लतीफ़ा (latīfā), मज़ाक़ (mazāq). See Joke meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is joke?
- Joke can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce joke?
- Joke is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒəʊ̯k/ (UK).
- What is the plural of joke?
- The plural of joke is jokes.
Words near joke in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: joke (page history and authors); विनोद (Marathi) (page history and authors); నగుబాటు (Telugu) (page history and authors); ತಾರೀಫು (Kannada) (page history and authors); ਮਖੌਲ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); joke (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ପ୍ରେମ (Odia) (page history and authors); joke (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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