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Definition joke

Etymology

From Latin iocus (“joke, jest, pastime”) (cognates include French jeu and Italian gioco), from Proto-Italic *jokos (“word, (playful?) saying”), from Proto-Indo-European *iok-o- (“word, utterance”), from ultimate root Proto-Indo-European *yek- (“to speak, utter”) (of which distant cognates include Breton iez (“language”) and German Beichte (“confession”)). Cognate with French jouer, Italian giocare, Portuguese jogar, and Spanish jugar.

Noun

joke (plural jokes)

1. An amusing story.
2. Something said or done for amusement, not in seriousness.
3. (figuratively) The root cause or main issue, especially an unexpected one
4. (figuratively) A laughably worthless thing or person; a sham.

Verb

joke (third-person singular simple present jokes, present participle joking, simple past and past participle joked)

1. (intransitive) To do or say something for amusement rather than seriously.
2. (intransitive, followed by with) To dupe in a friendly manner for amusement; to mess with, play with.
3. (transitive, dated) To make merry with; to make jokes upon; to rally.

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