Meaning of joke | Babel Free

Definitions

1. a diminutive of the female given name Jo
2. An amusing story.
3. An amusing story
4. synonym of Witz
5. Something said or done for amusement, not in seriousness.
6. To say or write as a joke.
7. Something said or done for amusement, not in seriousness
8. He looked out at the rain and jokingly suggested a walk. skertsend, grappenderwys, spottend, speel-speel, vir die grap بِمزاح шеговито de brincadeira žertem zum Spaß for sjov στ' αστεία en broma naljaviluks به شوخی piloillaan en plaisantant בִּצחוֹק मजाक में u šali tréfásan dengan bergurau á gamansaman hátt scherzosamente 冗談に 농담으로 juokais jokojoties; pa jokam secara bergurau voor de grapfor spøk, spøkende żartobliwie په شوخی por graça în glumă в шутку žartom v šali u šali det är [] inget att ...
9. The root cause or main issue, especially an unexpected one
10. A laughably worthless thing or person; a sham.
    figuratively
11. it is a serious or worrying matter. It's no joke when water gets into the petrol tank. dit is geen grap nie, dit is niks om oor te lag nie, dit is nie iets om oor te lag nie الأمْرُ جدّي وخَطير، ليس مَزْحَه не е шега é um caso sério to není legrace es ist nicht spaßig ingen spøg δεν είναι καθόλου αστείο, είναι σοβαρό θέμα no tiene gracia asi on naljast kaugel موضوع مهمی بودن siitä on leikki kaukana ce n'est pas drôle זֶה לא צְחוֹק यह कोई खेल नहीं ozbiljno nem tréfa serius það er ekkert gamanm...
12. A laughably worthless thing or person; a sham
13. Something that is far easier or far less challenging than expected.
    figuratively
14. let us stop joking and talk seriously. I feel like going to Timbuctoo for the weekend – but, joking apart, I do need a rest! alle grappies/gekheid op 'n stokkie, sonder speletjies, in erns لِنَضَعَ المزاح جانبا шегата настрана fora de brincadeira žerty stranou Spaß beiseite spøg til side για να αφήσουμε τα αστεία bromas aparte nali naljaks, aga از شوخی گذشته leikki sikseen blague à part צחוק בצד, ברצינות मजाक से इतर šalu na stranu tréfán kívül secara serius að öllu gamni slepptu scherzi a par...
15. Something that is far easier or far less challenging than expected
16. to be able to accept or laugh at a joke played on oneself. The trouble with him is that he can't take a joke. grap vat يَقْبَل النُّكْتَه нося на майтап ter senso de humor rozumět legraci Spaß verstehen tage en spøg παίρνω από αστεία tener sentido del humor nalja mõistma جنبه شوخی و جوک را داشتن و خندیدن osata nauraa itselleen entendre à rire לְקַבֵּל בְּדִיחָה मजाक बरदाश्त करना prihvatiti šalu érti a tréfát lapang dada, tahan menghadapi senda gurau taka gríni stare allo scherzo 笑ってすます 놀림을 당해...
17. Something said or done to evoke laughter or amusement, especially an amusing story with a punch line.
18. A mischievous trick; a prank: played a joke on his roommate.
19. Something that is of ludicrously poor quality: Their delivery service is a joke.
20. Informal a. Something not to be taken seriously; a triviality: The accident was no joke.
    Informal
21. To tell or play jokes; jest.

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Examples

“Or witty joke our airy senses moves / To pleasant laughter.”

“It was a joke!”

“Your effort at cleaning your room is a joke.”

“The president was a joke.”

“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.”

“The final exam was a joke.”

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