Dictionary entry details
• JOKE (noun)
Meaning:
A humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
gag; jape; jest; joke; laugh
Context examples:
he told a very funny joke / 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
Hypernyms ("joke" is a kind of...):
humor; humour; wit; witticism; wittiness (a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter)
Meronyms (parts of "joke"):
gag line; laugh line; punch line; tag line (the point of a joke or humorous story)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "joke"):
sight gag; visual joke (a joke whose effect is achieved by visual means rather than by speech (as in a movie))
sick joke (a joke in bad taste)
shaggy dog story (a long rambling joke whose humor derives from its pointlessness)
one-liner (a one-line joke)
in-joke (a joke that is appreciated only by members of some particular group of people)
funny; funny remark; funny story; good story (an account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line))
ethnic joke (a joke at the expense of some ethnic group)
blue joke; blue story; dirty joke; dirty story (an indelicate joke)
belly laugh; howler; riot; scream; sidesplitter; thigh-slapper; wow (a joke that seems extremely funny)
Meaning:
Activity characterized by good humor
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
jest; joke; jocularity
Hypernyms ("joke" is a kind of...):
diversion; recreation (an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "joke"):
drollery; waggery (a quaint and amusing jest)
leg-pull; leg-pulling (as a joke: trying to make somebody believe something that is not true)
pleasantry (an agreeable or amusing remark)
Meaning:
A ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
antic; prank; joke; put-on; trick; caper
Hypernyms ("joke" is a kind of...):
diversion; recreation (an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "joke"):
dirty trick (an unkind or aggressive trick)
practical joke (a prank or trick played on a person (especially one intended to make the victim appear foolish))
Meaning:
A triviality not to be taken seriously
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Context example:
I regarded his campaign for mayor as a joke
Hypernyms ("joke" is a kind of...):
pettiness; puniness; slightness; triviality (the quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous)
• JOKE (verb)
Meaning:
Tell a joke; speak humorously
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
jest; joke
Context example:
He often jokes even when he appears serious
Hypernyms (to "joke" is one way to...):
communicate; intercommunicate (transmit thoughts or feelings)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "joke"):
gag; quip (make jokes or quips)
arse around; fool; fool around; horse around (indulge in horseplay)
pun (make a play on words)
Sentence frame:
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Meaning:
Act in a funny or teasing way
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
jest; joke
Hypernyms (to "joke" is one way to...):
act; behave; do (behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "joke"):
antic; clown; clown around (act as or like a clown)
Sentence frame:
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