a bad/terrible joke (=not funny ) Dad was known for his bad jokes. adjectives a good/funny joke I heard a really good joke the other day. play a joke on somebody (=trick someone to make people laugh ) John’s always playing jokes on his brothers. laugh at somebody’s jokes A few people laughed at his jokes, but some didn’t find them funny. get a joke (=understand a joke and find it funny ) She never gets my jokes. make a joke ( also crack a joke ) (=say something intended to be funny ) He was cracking jokes and seemed relaxed and happy. S2 W3 noun 1 JOKE something that you say or do to make people laugh, especially a funny story or trick joke about a joke about absent-minded professors I couldn’t go out with someone for a joke, could you? 2 → be a joke 3 → go/get/be beyond a joke 4 → something is no joke 5 → somebody can take a joke 6 → make a joke (out) of something 7 → somebody’s idea of a joke 8 → the joke’s on somebody → in-joke, practical joke, → standing joke COLLOCATIONS verbs tell a joke (=repeat a funny story ) He was always telling jokes and making people laugh.Jokingly jokily jocularly From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English joke joke 1 / dʒəʊk $ dʒoʊk /
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