joke

1. 1.

   tell a joke; speak humorously

   “He often jokes even when he appears serious”

   Synonymsjest

   Broadercommunicate

   Narrowergaghorse aroundpun
2. 2.

   act in a funny or teasing way

   Synonymsjest

   Broaderact

   Narrowerclown

Other forms of joke

plural

jokes·

past tense

joked·

present participle

joking·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about joke

What does joke mean?

joke means "a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in joke?

joke has 1 syllable: joke. In IPA it is /ˈdʒoʊk/.

What is another word for joke?

Close synonyms include gag, laugh, jest, jape, jest. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is joke a common word?

joke is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.