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jokes

UK/d͡ʒəʊks/US/d͡ʒoʊks/

jokes is the plural of joke.

jokes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of joke.

Adjective

jokes (comparative more jokes, superlative most jokes)

  1. (UK, slang) Really good.
    • this thing is so jokes...i think it would be wack if someone responded to this.. but plz do cause that would be, like, some cool shit.1998 October 14, Spon842187, “MMMMMM...I taste yummy =:-)”, in alt.personals.teen (Usenet), message-ID <NA>
    • Andrew VS Neil and Mike is totally jokes! I love it when Andrew gets pissed, lol. It's so cool!2008, Zetsu, “Floaters and gravity”, in sci.med.vision (Usenet)
  2. (UK, slang) funny or entertaining.
    • Man, that video is bare jokes!

Meaning of joke

Noun

joke (plural jokes)

  1. An amusing story.
    • Or witty joke our airy senses moves / To pleasant laughter.1708, John Gay, Wine
  2. Something said or done for amusement, not in seriousness.
    • It was a joke!
  3. (figuratively) A laughably worthless thing or person; a sham.
    • Your effort at cleaning your room is a joke.
  4. (figuratively) Something that is far easier or far less challenging than expected.
    • The final exam was a joke.

See all 7 meanings of joke

Forms of jokes

comparativemore jokes
superlativemost jokes

Phrases with jokes

17 more phrasesFewer phrases

Words that rhyme with jokes

1 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about jokes

What does jokes mean?
Jokes means really good.
What is jokes the plural of?
Jokes is the plural of joke.
What part of speech is jokes?
Jokes is an adjective.
How do you pronounce jokes?
Jokes is pronounced /d͡ʒəʊks/ (UK).

Words near jokes in the dictionary

  1. Jokeresque
  2. jokeress
  3. jokeresses
  4. Jokerfication
  5. jokers
  6. jokes
  7. jokes around
  8. jokes aside
  9. jokes it up
  10. jokes up
  11. jokesmith

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: jokes (page history and authors); joke (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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