joke
noun (joke, jokes); verb (joke, jokes, joked, joking)
Everyday
- Something you say or do to make people laugh, often a short funny story. tree →
- Something that is silly or not taken seriously: "The test was a joke." tree →
- As a verb, to say things to be funny, not seriously: "I'm only joking." tree →
In the lessons
In everyday life, jokes are fun when everyone laughs; a joke that hurts someone is not kind. In language, many jokes play on words (puns). Phrases: tell a joke, play a joke on, only joking, take a joke, inside joke, no joke (serious).
Examples
- Tell me a joke! tree →
- That joke was so funny. tree →
- I was only joking. tree →
- They played a joke on their teacher. tree →
- A good joke makes everyone laugh, not just one person. tree →
- He can't take a joke. tree →
- Getting lost in the snow is no joke. tree →
- Why did the chicken cross the road? It's an old joke. tree →
Note
"Joking" drops the e. A joke that makes someone feel bad is teasing, not a joke. "No joke" means something serious.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «joke» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «joke» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
This page in Markdown → https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/joke/