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Joke   /dʒoʊk/   Listen
Joke

noun
1.
A humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter.  Synonyms: gag, jape, jest, laugh.  "He knows a million gags" , "Thanks for the laugh" , "He laughed unpleasantly at his own jest" , "Even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point"
2.
Activity characterized by good humor.  Synonyms: jest, jocularity.
3.
A ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement.  Synonyms: antic, caper, prank, put-on, trick.
4.
A triviality not to be taken seriously.
verb
(past & past part. joked; pres. part. joking)
1.
Tell a joke; speak humorously.  Synonym: jest.
2.
Act in a funny or teasing way.  Synonym: jest.



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"Joke" Quotes from Famous Books



... was an infamous, a grotesquely horrible idea, a thought which sprang as much from his inexperience of the world and his habitual suspiciousness of all humor as anything else! It was that the letter was a brutal joke of Slinn's—a joke perhaps concocted by Mamie and himself—a parting insult that should at the last moment proclaim their treachery and his own credulity. Doubtless it contained a declaration of their shame, and the reason why she had fled from him without a word of explanation. And the ...
— A Millionaire of Rough-and-Ready • Bret Harte
... were working on the mountain, their parents were at home. By and by they began to wonder how the children were getting along. Of course it was only a joke about their planting a forest, but it might be amusing to see what they were ...
— The Wonderful Adventures of Nils • Selma Lagerlof
... call "expected surprise" (as dropping a rattle and exploding with laughter when it bangs on the floor, and keeping this up time after time), and this element can still be detected in various forms of joke that are effective mirth-provokers in the adult. But why the child should laugh when tickled, at the same time trying to escape, is a poser. Many students of humor have subscribed to the theory that what makes us laugh is a sudden sense of ...
— Psychology - A Study Of Mental Life • Robert S. Woodworth
... head a slight backward toss, and, with great dignity, extended his right paw to Darrell, which the latter, instantly entering into the spirit of the joke, took, saying, with ...
— At the Time Appointed • A. Maynard Barbour
... Lahoma and me taking different ways—they liked Lahoma first time they see her, as a matter of course. And so, that Miss Sellimer, she gets separated from all the rest, and I shows her a dandy hiding-place where nobody couldn't find her, and I shows her what a good joke it would be to pretend to be lost. So I leaves her there to go to tell her crowd she dares 'em to find ...
— Lahoma • John Breckenridge Ellis


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