Joke
noun
Something you say or do to make other people laugh.
He always tells great jokes
Often appears as...
- play a joke
- tell a joke
noun
Someone or something that is ridiculous or not to be taken seriously.
He treats the whole matter as a joke
Often appears as...
- take something as a joke
- this is a joke
Usage tips
Disapproving
verb
To speak or behave in a humorous or jesting manner.
She is always joking with her colleagues
Often appears as...
- joking around
- stop joking
noun
Something you say or do to make other people laugh.
He always tells great jokes
Often appears as...
- play a joke
- tell a joke
noun
Someone or something that is ridiculous or not to be taken seriously.
He treats the whole matter as a joke
Often appears as...
- take something as a joke
- this is a joke
Usage tips
Disapproving
verb
To speak or behave in a humorous or jesting manner.
She is always joking with her colleagues
Often appears as...
- joking around
- stop joking
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Humor Variety
Jokes come in many forms, like puns or situational comedy, understanding the variety can affect how they're received.
A pun can be a clever joke based on wordplay: 'I’m reading a book on anti-gravity. It’s impossible to put down!'
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Sensitivity
Jokes can be culturally sensitive. What's funny in one culture may be offensive in another.
Jokes about food can be funny in one place but disrespectful in another.
Pro Tip 3/3Context Matters
The same joke can be hilarious or fall flat depending on the context like social setting, timing, and audience.
Playing a joke at a party may get laughs, but not at a solemn ceremony.
Pro Tip 1/3Humor Variety
Jokes come in many forms, like puns or situational comedy, understanding the variety can affect how they're received.
A pun can be a clever joke based on wordplay: 'I’m reading a book on anti-gravity. It’s impossible to put down!'
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Sensitivity
Jokes can be culturally sensitive. What's funny in one culture may be offensive in another.
Jokes about food can be funny in one place but disrespectful in another.
Pro Tip 3/3Context Matters
The same joke can be hilarious or fall flat depending on the context like social setting, timing, and audience.
Playing a joke at a party may get laughs, but not at a solemn ceremony.
Pro Tip 1/3Humor Variety
Jokes come in many forms, like puns or situational comedy, understanding the variety can affect how they're received.
A pun can be a clever joke based on wordplay: 'I’m reading a book on anti-gravity. It’s impossible to put down!'
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Sensitivity
Jokes can be culturally sensitive. What's funny in one culture may be offensive in another.
Jokes about food can be funny in one place but disrespectful in another.
Pro Tip 3/3Context Matters
The same joke can be hilarious or fall flat depending on the context like social setting, timing, and audience.
Playing a joke at a party may get laughs, but not at a solemn ceremony.
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Video examples
Schrödinger's cat: A...
millions on a single computer chip. Those chips and their spread out electrons power the computer you're using to watch this video. An old joke says that the Internet exists to allow the sharing of cat videos. At a very deep level, though, the Internet owes its existance
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Top 5 Reindeer Moments PIPE...
reindeer are still at the heart of sami life though the sami have moved with the times may toro's family live in kautikano a modern sami town in arctic norway but many people still think of the sami as locked in the past we joke with them that we don't have
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This could be why you're...
that's what you mean, right?" If you'd been raised to think about depression the way I was, and most of the people here were, that sounds like a bad joke, right? "I went to my doctor for an antidepressant, she gave me a cow."
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Adam Garone: Healthier...
And from that moment I realized that Movember is so much more than a mustache, having a joke. It's about each person coming to this platform, embracing it in their own way, and being significant in their own life.
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How the pandemic will...
When this emerged, I have to say, my instinct was to joke about it. People have said that's really inappropriate, because this is a very serious thing. It is going to make people less willing to take a vaccine.
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A Collection Of Spring...
whether the female flattens her prickles to help the male is unclear but it does seem that the old joke that asks how do hedgehog's mate was right all along the answer is of course with great care
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ALAN! ALAN!... STEVE? PIPE...
hey hey hey you say alan what are you goons laughing at have you put something on my back have you i've not got time for your stupid jokes right i'm off cheerio oh someone's put glue on the rock
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I am here to confuse you...
a teacher a furious smoker a fast Walker and a supporter of a soccer team that most of her children detested my maternal grandmother who sexually racy jokes outraged her children was pregnant
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Take a Tour of a...
last autumn I proposed to use these bricks to build a great wall around pyramidan to protect us from polar bears and they are still thinking about it nah I'm joking of course
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Dayananda Saraswati: The...
To be compassionate is not a joke. It's not that simple.
Video examples
Schrödinger's cat: A...
millions on a single computer chip. Those chips and their spread out electrons power the computer you're using to watch this video. An old joke says that the Internet exists to allow the sharing of cat videos. At a very deep level, though, the Internet owes its existance
Video examples
Top 5 Reindeer Moments PIPE...
reindeer are still at the heart of sami life though the sami have moved with the times may toro's family live in kautikano a modern sami town in arctic norway but many people still think of the sami as locked in the past we joke with them that we don't have
Video examples
This could be why you're...
that's what you mean, right?" If you'd been raised to think about depression the way I was, and most of the people here were, that sounds like a bad joke, right? "I went to my doctor for an antidepressant, she gave me a cow."
Video examples
Adam Garone: Healthier...
And from that moment I realized that Movember is so much more than a mustache, having a joke. It's about each person coming to this platform, embracing it in their own way, and being significant in their own life.
Video examples
How the pandemic will...
When this emerged, I have to say, my instinct was to joke about it. People have said that's really inappropriate, because this is a very serious thing. It is going to make people less willing to take a vaccine.
Video examples
A Collection Of Spring...
whether the female flattens her prickles to help the male is unclear but it does seem that the old joke that asks how do hedgehog's mate was right all along the answer is of course with great care
Video examples
ALAN! ALAN!... STEVE? PIPE...
hey hey hey you say alan what are you goons laughing at have you put something on my back have you i've not got time for your stupid jokes right i'm off cheerio oh someone's put glue on the rock
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I am here to confuse you...
a teacher a furious smoker a fast Walker and a supporter of a soccer team that most of her children detested my maternal grandmother who sexually racy jokes outraged her children was pregnant
Video examples
Take a Tour of a...
last autumn I proposed to use these bricks to build a great wall around pyramidan to protect us from polar bears and they are still thinking about it nah I'm joking of course
Video examples
Dayananda Saraswati: The...
To be compassionate is not a joke. It's not that simple.
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Norman Schwarzkopf
American General
First of all, Saddam did not win the war, even though he says he did, I mean, you know, that's a joke and everybody in the world knows it.
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Steve Harvey
American Actor
People see me laughing and telling jokes, but they had no idea after the show was over, I had no joy in my life, in my heart.
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Muhammad Ali
American Boxer
My way of joking is to tell the truth. That's the funniest joke in the world.
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John Searles
American Writer
I always joke deep down I'm really a teenage girl on the inside.
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Novak Djokovic
Serbian Athlete
Joking around is part of my personality, just who I am.
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Placido Domingo
Spanish Musician
But enough joking. I am singing. This is all my life.
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Fat Joe
American Musician
I could battle rap forever, but it's a joke to me.
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Jonathan Winters
American Comedian
I don't do jokes. The characters are my jokes.
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Ivan Lendl
Czechoslovakian Athlete
I enjoy life. I always enjoy jokes.
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Larry Gelbart
American Writer
Most jokes state a bitter truth.
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Norman Schwarzkopf
American General
First of all, Saddam did not win the war, even though he says he did, I mean, you know, that's a joke and everybody in the world knows it.
Quote examples
Steve Harvey
American Actor
People see me laughing and telling jokes, but they had no idea after the show was over, I had no joy in my life, in my heart.
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Muhammad Ali
American Boxer
My way of joking is to tell the truth. That's the funniest joke in the world.
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John Searles
American Writer
I always joke deep down I'm really a teenage girl on the inside.
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Novak Djokovic
Serbian Athlete
Joking around is part of my personality, just who I am.
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Placido Domingo
Spanish Musician
But enough joking. I am singing. This is all my life.
Quote examples
Fat Joe
American Musician
I could battle rap forever, but it's a joke to me.
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Jonathan Winters
American Comedian
I don't do jokes. The characters are my jokes.
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Ivan Lendl
Czechoslovakian Athlete
I enjoy life. I always enjoy jokes.
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Larry Gelbart
American Writer
Most jokes state a bitter truth.
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