joke
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- pronunciation:
- jok
- parts of speech:
- noun, verb
- features:
- Word History
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
A joke is a short story with a funny ending. People tell jokes to make other people laugh.
When Jacob tells a joke, even the teacher laughs. |
| related words: |
fun |
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
jokes, joking, joked |
| definition 1: |
When you joke, you say or act out things to make people laugh.
Emma's friends like her dad because he jokes a lot and makes them laugh.- synonyms:
- kid
- similar words:
- fool
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| definition 2: |
When you joke, you say things that are not serious. When you joke, you say things that you don't actually mean or that are not really true because you want people to react in some way. People sometimes joke when they want to surprise, tease, or amuse other people or because they want to laugh at other people or at themselves.
My dad said he was going to paint the living room purple. I knew he was joking, but my little sister thought he was serious.Dylan joked that he was the worst basketball player in the world, hoping that someone else would say that it wasn't true.- similar words:
- fool, kid
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| derivation: |
jokingly (adv.) |
Joke is from a Latin word that originally meant "a game of words."