joke

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Meaning

1. An amusing story.
2. Something said or done for amusement, not in seriousness.
3. The root cause or main issue, especially an unexpected one
4. A laughably worthless thing or person; a sham.
5. Something that is far easier or far less challenging than expected.

funny story

make fun

tell a joke

crack a joke

be amused

crack jokes

harrass

be kidding

playful threat

be playful

be funny

butt of a joke

play a joke

tell lies

madness in its ñrst stage

play a trick

mischievous trick

comic story

dress stylishly

act indecently

be silly over

talk foolishly

silly things

amusing story

attempt at humor

say something funny

crack

not serious

cut a joke

humorous story

poke fun

be comic

be humorous

comical story

buffon

one-liner

leg-pulling

make merry with

bit of fun

jest with

idle comment

amuse oneself

just for fun

out of spite

poke fun at

pull one’s leg

pull someone’s leg

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/d͡ʒəʊk/

From Latin iocus (“joke, jest, pastime”), from Proto-Italic *jokos (“word, (playful?) saying”), from Proto-Indo-European *yokos (“word, utterance”), from ultimate root Proto-Indo-European *yek- (“to speak, utter”) (of which distant cognates include Proto-Celtic *yextis (“language”) (Breton yezh (“language”) and Welsh iaith (“language”)) and German Beichte (“confession”)). Cognate with French jeu, Italian gioco, Portuguese jogo, Spanish juego, Romanian joc, English Yule, Danish Jule, Norwegian Bokmål Jul, Swedish Jul, and Norwegian Nynorsk jol.