joke
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Is joke a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of joke?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (figuratively) The root cause or main issue, especially an unexpected onefiguratively
2. (figuratively) A laughably worthless thing or person; a sham.Examples: "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."figuratively
3. (figuratively) Something that is far easier or far less challenging than expected.Examples: "The final exam was a joke."figuratively
verb (English)
1. (intransitive) To do or say something for amusement rather than seriously.Examples: "I didn’t mean what I said — I was only joking."intransitive
2. (intransitive, followed by with) To dupe in a friendly manner for amusement; to mess with, play with.Examples: "Relax, man, I'm just joking with you."Synonyms: sportintransitive
3. (transitive, dated) To make merry with; to make jokes upon; to rally.Examples: "to joke a comrade"; "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."datedtransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary