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# joke

noun (joke, jokes); verb (joke, jokes, joked, joking)

«joke» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Something you say or do to make people laugh, often a short funny story. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/joke/#m1)
2. Something that is silly or not taken seriously: "The test was a joke." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/joke/#m2)
3. As a verb, to say things to be funny, not seriously: "I'm only joking." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/joke/#m3)

### In the lessons

In everyday life, jokes are fun when everyone laughs; a joke that hurts someone is not kind. In language, many jokes play on words (puns). Phrases: tell a joke, play a joke on, only joking, take a joke, inside joke, no joke (serious).

### Examples

- Tell me a joke! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/joke/#x1)
- That joke was so funny. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/joke/#x2)
- I was only joking. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/joke/#x3)
- They played a joke on their teacher. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/joke/#x4)
- A good joke makes everyone laugh, not just one person. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/joke/#x5)
- He can't take a joke. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/joke/#x6)
- Getting lost in the snow is no joke. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/joke/#x7)
- Why did the chicken cross the road? It's an old joke. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/joke/#x8)

### Note

"Joking" drops the e. A joke that makes someone feel bad is teasing, not a joke. "No joke" means something serious.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «joke» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/joke/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«joke» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/joke.html) on Mova free.