Joke | Mean of joke in English Dictionary
/ˈʤoʊk/
- Noun
- something said or done to cause laughter
- She meant it as a joke, but many people took her seriously.
- Is this your idea of a joke? [=do you think that what you are saying/doing is funny?]
- They played a harmless joke on him.
- They are always making jokes about his car.
- He thought he could embarrass us, but now the joke is on him. [=he is the one who looks foolish]
- He just can't take a joke. [=he does not like it when other people make jokes about him]
- a brief story with a surprising and funny ending
- I heard a funny joke yesterday.
- the punch line of a joke
- She's always cracking/telling jokes.
- I didn't get/understand the joke.
- an inside joke [=a joke that is understood only by people with special knowledge about something]
- someone or something that is not worth taking seriously
- That exam was a joke.
- Their product became a joke in the industry.
- He's in danger of becoming a national joke.
- It's no joke to be lost in the woods. = Being lost in the woods is no joke. [=being lost in the woods is a serious situation]
- Verb
- to say things that are meant to cause laughter
- My friends would joke about the uniform I had to wear at work.
- She joked about the possibility of losing her job.
- I thought he was joking when he said he might quit, but it turned out that he really meant it.
- Don't take it seriously: I was only joking.
- She spent a few minutes joking with reporters after giving her speech.
- “The report is to be done by tomorrow.” “You're joking.” = “You must be joking.” [=you must be kidding; what you say is very surprising or hard to believe]
- It's no joking matter. [=it is no joke; it is a serious matter]
- She joked that she could always get work as a truck driver if she lost her job.