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jokee

jokee noun: the person who is the subject of a joke.

Noun

jokee (plural jokees)

  1. The person who is the subject of a joke.
    • We doubt not that most of our readers have acted like ourselves, on former anniversaries of a similar kind, in the double capacities of jokers and jokees, and have been alternately the victims as well as the victimisers; […]1853, The Dublin University Magazine, volume 41, page 403
    • Plus, jokers don't, as a rule, shoot at the jokees.2014, Becky Bartness, How to Die and Live to Tell About It

Forms of jokee

pluraljokees

Origin of jokee

From joke + -ee.

Questions about jokee

What does jokee mean?
Jokee means the person who is the subject of a joke.
What part of speech is jokee?
Jokee is a noun.
What is the plural of jokee?
The plural of jokee is jokees.

Words near jokee in the dictionary

  1. jokebooks
  2. joked
  3. joked around
  4. joked it up
  5. joked up
  6. jokee
  7. jokees
  8. jokefest
  9. jokefests
  10. jokefic
  11. jokefics

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