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joke

noun

1 they sat around the table telling jokes:

funny story, jest, witticism, quip, pleasantry;

pun, play on words;

shaggy-dog story, old chestnut, double entendre;

in-joke;

informal gag, wisecrack, crack, funny, one-liner, rib-tickler, killer, knee-slapper, thigh-slapper;

North American, informal boffola;

rare blague.

2 he was given to playing stupid jokes on people:

trick, practical joke, prank, stunt, hoax, jape;

informal leg-pull, lark, spoof;

Australian, informal goak;

North American, informal , dated cutup;

archaic quiz;

Scottish, archaic cantrip.

3 informal he soon became a joke to most of us because he was so pedantic:

laughing stock, figure of fun, source of amusement, object of ridicule;

British Aunt Sally.

4 informal the present system is nothing short of a joke:

farce, travesty, waste of time;

standing joke;

informal laugh;

North American, informal shuck.

verb

1 she laughed and joked with the guests:

tell jokes, crack jokes;

jest, banter, quip;

informal wisecrack, josh.

2 don't panic—I'm only joking:

fool, fool around, play a prank, play a trick, play a joke, play a practical joke, tease, hoax, pull someone's leg, mess someone around;

informal kid, make a monkey out of someone;

British, informal mess, have someone on, wind someone up;

North American, informal fun, shuck someone, pull someone's chain, put someone on;

British, informal , dated rot someone.