Joke meaning in English

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Definition

a joke: a funny story, a jest, a gag, a bit of fun noun
I don't find that joke very funny. It does not make me laugh.
Philip, can't you take a joke? Stop being so serious, I was only having a bit of fun.
to joke, to make a joke, to joke around: to make people laugh, to act in a funny way, to jest verb
I was just joking. I wasn't serious.
Don't joke around with me! Be sincere, serious with me!

Examples

  • "YOU'RE "AVIN" A LARF (You're joking)"
  • "My planet is perfect, except that we don't have jokes."
  • "Ha ha, that was a little joke, Bruno."
  • "Nurse Baker : Please, don't make jokes, Mr Jones."
  • "Removed Philip's testosterone chip after inappropriate joke about silicon implants."
  • "You don't think my jokes are funny?"
  • "Hey listen, I got a great joke for you."
  • "Brian : So, Todd, you've come all the way from the planet Everythingisperfectia to find the funniest joke on Earth?"
  • "You were really great out there, with all those jokes about killing people!"
  • "That wasn't a joke."
  • "It was a joke... okay!"
  • "No, that's a joke."
  • "Do you know what happened to the last person who didn't think my jokes were funny?"
  • "Philip continues to make bad jokes"
  • "Brian : Well Philip, your jokes are so bad they make me laugh... at you!"
  • "Listen Todd, I've got one: A rabbi, a priest and an imam walk into a bar, the barman takes one look at them and says "Is this some kind of joke?"
  • "Brian : Say, do you know any jokes, Horatio?"
  • "Philip : Brian, your jokes are so terrible."
  • "A rabbi, a priest and an imam walk into a bar, the barman takes one look at them and says "Is this some kind of joke?"
  • "Here's another joke: A man goes to the doctor and says, "Doctor, my wife thinks she's a chicken."

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