joker
UK/ˈd͡ʒəʊkə/US/ˈd͡ʒoʊkɚ/
joker noun: a person who makes jokes.
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Noun
joker (plural jokers)
- A person who makes jokes.
- A funny person.
- A jester.
- Synonyms:
- court jester, fool, jester
- A playing card that features a picture of a joker (that is, a jester) and that may be used as a wild card in some card games.
- Something kept in reserve that can be used to gain an advantage; a trump card.
- Rebus decided to use their joker. 'Mr Lintz made a phone call to this office. He was talking for over twenty minutes.'2008 September 18, Ian Rankin, The Hanging Garden: The #1 bestselling series that inspired BBC One’s REBUS, Hachette UK, →ISBN
- Tash Wilson played her 'joker' , pulling her chair so close our legs were almost touching. 'Hey, Chris, do you want to go out sometime? All you've got to do is say the word.'2012 January 1, Simon Packham, Silenced, Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd., →ISBN
- An unspecified, vaguely disreputable person.
- Some joker keeps throwing eggs at my windows.
- Synonyms:
- clown
- A loser.
- Don't waste your breath on these jokers round here.
- A man.
- A clause in a contract that undermines its apparent provisions.
- Discussion of contracts and the many provisions contained therein led to a vote making it the sense of the convention that manufacturers should use a simple sales contract, free from jokers.1922, Farm Machinery and Equipment, page lxxxiii
- Then, sir, on page 12 of the agreement there is a joker clause, which provides for payments in addition to the ten per cent, […]1939, Canadian Parliament, Official Report of Debates, House of Commons, volume 218, page 858
- A friendly unit that acts as a suspected hostile unit in a military excercise.
- Joker - A friendly track or contact acting as a "suspect" track for exercise purposes only. (STANAG 1241)1998, APP-6A: Military Symbols for Land-Based Systems, page 9
- The option, in a pub quiz, of selecting one particular round in which one's team will score double points.
- We used our joker as soon as the topic of sports was announced, since we are sport experts.
- A fairy chess piece that moves like the last piece that was moved by the opponent.
- The problem is that it would be difficult to use a joker offensively since you could never know how it was going to move, meaning it’d be most useful setting it up for potential queen/rook captures to disincentivize your opponent from moving those pieces.2018 October 12, aabicus, “My 7 Favorite Fairy Chess Pieces”, in The Daily SPUF
Proper noun capitalized: Joker
the Joker
- A fictional villain of DC Comics, noted for his insanity and cunning, who either wears clown makeup or is disfigured to appear as such, and who is archenemy of Batman.
- ...grinning like the Joker, Batman's nemesis, a character described in the story as being a favorite of Douglas's.2007, Joe Layden, The Last Great Fight, page 217
- He started to laugh that maniacal laugh that sounded like the Joker on speed.2008, Deborah Eden, The Destroyer, page 82
joker meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
joker in Hindi
- playing card
- जोकर jokar
joker in Tamil
- கோமாளி, பகடி செய்பவர், வேழம்பர்
joker in Marathi
- playing card
- जोकर jokar
joker in Urdu
- playing card
- جوکَر jokar
More languagesFewer languages
- joker in Bengali
- রসিকতা করে, ভাঁড়, সং, তাসের জোকার
- joker in Telugu
- జోకరు jōkaru
- joker in Malayalam
- ജോക്കർ jōkkaṟ
- joker in Kannada
- ಕೋಡಂಗಿ kōḍaṅgi
- joker in Punjabi
- ਮਸਖ਼ਰਾ masxarā
- joker in Gujarati
- જોકર jokar, ગુલામ gulām
- joker in Odia
- ଜୋକର, ଜୋକର୍
- joker in Nepali
- जोकर jokar
- joker in Pashto
- ټوکي ṭoki
- joker in Arabic
- جُوكَر jūkar
- joker in Thai
- นักแสดงตลก, ตัวตลก dtuua-dtà-lòk, โจ๊กเกอร์ jóok-gə̂ə, ไพ่โจ๊กเกอร์
Examples of joker in a sentence
- Stone claimed that there was a Joker in the contract, one clause (No. 2) calling for two weeks' notice and another (No. 8) calling for payment on a par-day basis after the first two weeks.1942, Billboard, volume 54, number 41, page 5:
- The object of these provisions is to prevent insertion of "jokers" or "sleepers" in bills and securing passage under the false color of the title.1958, Duncan Leroy Kennedy, Bill drafting, page 12:
Synonyms of joker
Forms of joker
| plural | jokers |
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Origin of joker
From joke + -er, but in the sense of a playing card possibly by alteration of German Jucker, also the origin of the name of the card game euchre.
Words formed from joker
Phrases with joker
Words that rhyme with joker
Questions about joker
- What does joker mean?
- Joker means a person who makes jokes.
- What is joker in Hindi?
- Joker in Hindi is जोकर (jokar). See Joker meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use joker in a sentence?
- Stone claimed that there was a Joker in the contract, one clause (No. 2) calling for two weeks' notice and another (No. 8) calling for payment on a par-day basis after the first two weeks.
- What part of speech is joker?
- Joker can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce joker?
- Joker is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒəʊkə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of joker?
- The plural of joker is jokers.
Words near joker in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: joker (page history and authors); Joker (page history and authors); joker (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); joker (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); జోకరు (Telugu) (page history and authors); ജോക്കർ (Malayalam) (page history and authors); ಕೋಡಂಗಿ (Kannada) (page history and authors); ਮਸਖ਼ਰਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); ગુલામ (Gujarati) (page history and authors); joker (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); जोकर (Nepali) (page history and authors). 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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