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{
"term": "joke",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "something that you say or do to make people laugh, for example a funny story that you tell",
"sensetop": "as a jokejoke about somebody/something",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "I can't **tell jokes**."
},
{
"text": "She's always **cracking jokes**."
},
{
"text": "They often **make jokes** at each other's expense."
},
{
"text": "The kids in that class are always looking to **play a joke on** the teacher."
},
{
"text": "I didn't **get the joke** *(= understand it)*."
},
{
"text": "I wish he wouldn't tell **dirty jokes** *(= about sex)*."
},
{
"text": "a **sick joke** *(= about death, disease, etc.)*"
},
{
"text": "I only did it as a joke *(= it was not meant seriously)*.",
"contextForm": "as a joke"
},
{
"text": "Have you heard the joke about the elephant and the mouse?",
"contextForm": "joke about somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "He told us the ending, completely spoiling the joke."
},
{
"text": "She treated her exams as a huge joke."
},
{
"text": "His brothers were always playing practical jokes."
},
{
"text": "She didn't seem to find my jokes amusing."
},
{
"text": "He doesn't like jokes about his height."
},
{
"text": "She likes to have a joke with her employees."
},
{
"text": "That's an old joke—I've heard it lots of times."
},
{
"text": "The audience wasn't very responsive and the jokes fell flat."
},
{
"text": "The show features a running joke about a nosy dog."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["amusing", "funny", "good"],
"verb + joke": ["crack", "make", "tell"],
"joke + verb": ["fall flat", "be on somebody"],
"preposition": ["as a joke", "joke about"],
"phrases": ["make a joke of something"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a person, thing or situation that is silly or annoying and cannot be taken seriously",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "This latest pay offer is a joke."
},
{
"text": "This can't really be happening—it must be some kind of cruel joke."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to become annoying and no longer acceptable",
"examples": [
{
"text": "His teasing is getting beyond a joke."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to be difficult or unpleasant",
"examples": [
{
"text": "It's no joke trying to find a job these days."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to say that somebody who tried to make another person look silly now looks silly instead",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I thought I'd play a trick on them, but in the end the joke was on me."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to laugh about something that is serious or should be taken seriously",
"examples": [
{
"text": "We tried to make a joke of our situation, but it wasn't really funny."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to be able to laugh at a joke against yourself",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The trouble with her is she can't take a joke."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/dʒəʊk/",
"audio": "jo/joke/joke__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/dʒəʊk/",
"audio": "jo/joke/joke__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late 17th cent. (originally slang): perhaps from Latin jocus ‘jest, wordplay’."
}