Definition of "joke"

joke

/d͡ʒəʊk/

noun
plural jokes
1. An amusing story.
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  Or witty joke our airy senses moves / To pleasant laughter.
  1708, John Gay, Wine
2. Something said or done for amusement, not in seriousness.
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  1733–1737, Alexander Pope, [Imitations of Horace], London: […] R[obert] Dodsley [et al.]
3. (figuratively) The root cause or main issue, especially an unexpected one
4. (figuratively) A laughably worthless thing or person; a sham.
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  The other wheel on the tender of the L.N.W.R. engines operated the tender brake, and this was always rather a joke. Sometimes it operated with good results and on other occasions it did not.
  1943 September and October, T. Lovatt Williams, “Some Reminiscences of the Footplate—II”, in Railway Magazine, page 272
5. (figuratively) Something that is far easier or far less challenging than expected.
verb
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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  He made more than one visit to Oxbridge, where the young fellows were amused by entertaining the old gentleman, and gave parties and breakfasts and fêtes, partly to joke him and partly to do him honour.
  1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 21, in The History of Pendennis. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850

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