joke
joke is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Something not said seriously, or not actually meant; something done in sport. Inclose whole downs in walls, 't is all a joke. Pope. In joke, in jest; sportively; not meant seriously. -- Practical joke. See under Practical.
- 2.To make merry with; to make jokes upon; to rally; to banter; as, to joke a comrade.
- 3.To do something for sport, or as a joke; to be merry in words or actions; to jest. He laughed, shouted, joked, and swore. Macaulay. See Jest.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- and
- blanket
- book
- boring
- caught
- cold
- commonplace
- conte
- damp
- deadly
- dearth
- depress
- ditch
- dry
- dull
- dullness
- dust
- ear
- fact
- fall
- flat
- flatness
- heaviness
- heavy
- humdrum
- importance
- infestivity
- insipid
- insulse
- lay
- logy
- matter
- melancholic
- monotonous
- napping
- non
- originality
- pedestrian
- platitude
- plodding
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Definition-first questions whose answer is joke.
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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