dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/jok_MW.json

{
  "joke":{
    "antonyms":[
      "banter",
      "chaff",
      "fool",
      "fun",
      "gag",
      "jape",
      "jest",
      "jive",
      "jolly",
      "josh",
      "kid",
      "quip",
      "wisecrack",
      "yuk",
      "yuck"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an instance of jesting : kidding":[
        "can't take a joke"
      ],
      ": laughingstock":[],
      ": practical joke":[],
      ": something not to be taken seriously : a trifling matter":[
        "consider his skiing a joke",
        "\u2014 Harold Callender",
        "\u2014 often used in negative constructions it is no joke to be lost in the desert"
      ],
      ": the humorous or ridiculous element in something":[],
      ": to make jokes : jest":[],
      ": to make the object of a joke : kid":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "She meant it as a joke , but many people took her seriously.",
      "They played a harmless joke on him.",
      "They are always making jokes about his car.",
      "I heard a funny joke yesterday.",
      "the punch line of a joke",
      "I didn't get the joke .",
      "That exam was a joke .",
      "Their product became a joke in the industry.",
      "He's in danger of becoming a national joke .",
      "Verb",
      "My friends would joke about the uniform I had to wear at work.",
      "She joked about the possibility of losing her job.",
      "I thought he was joking when he said he might quit, but it turned out that he really meant it.",
      "Don't take it seriously: I was only joking .",
      "She spent a few minutes joking with reporters after giving her speech.",
      "She joked that she could always get work as a truck driver if she lost her job.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "In fact, Casta\u00f1eda and his castmates joke that The Umbrella Academy is a lot like a superhero Friends. \u2014 Kelsie Gibson, PEOPLE.com , 22 June 2022",
      "There\u2019s at least one joke about cocaine, but no drinking or actual drug use. \u2014 Common Sense Media, Washington Post , 10 June 2022",
      "There there\u2019s even a Crackle+, and that\u2019s not a joke . \u2014 James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter , 17 May 2022",
      "Some joke that their hours are so long even their spouses resent Mr. Gensler. \u2014 Paul Kiernan, WSJ , 9 May 2022",
      "Insert joke about sunshine and where the sun don't shine. \u2014 Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "Maybe that\u2019s just a joke \u2014like the MTA having a lost and found. \u2014 Josh St. Clair, Men's Health , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "And the joke about the backup quarterback being the most popular guy in Tuscaloosa no longer applies so next Saturday\u2019s A-Day game will be their time to shine. \u2014 Michael Casagrande | Mcasagrande@al.com, al , 10 Apr. 2022",
      "Pinkett Smith suffers from alopecia, so the joke was either unintentionally insensitive or intentionally cruel. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Fans took to social media Tuesday to joke about the song, saying it\u2019s fueling the already-present Great Resignation and the desire to quit their jobs, or to not work harder at their jobs than is required or necessary. \u2014 Marisa Dellatto, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
      "It\u2019s refreshing when major corporations feel free to joke about their own pursuit of an honest buck. \u2014 Kyle Smith, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
      "Ly, 25, said the cost of filling the tank of her Honda HRV increased by $20 to $30 in recent months, which prompted her to joke about switching to a bike. \u2014 Camille Caldera, BostonGlobe.com , 12 June 2022",
      "The comedian hosts a showcase of fellow stand-ups including Ron Funches and Lil Rel Howery to joke about their family lives and parenthood. \u2014 Hau Chu, Washington Post , 11 June 2022",
      "The two continued to joke about their abilities, their willingness to do just about anything on screen, and their love of the MCU. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 9 June 2022",
      "Residents joke darkly that the lockdown has helped capitalist Shanghai achieve common prosperity a decade ahead of schedule, because rich and poor alike struggle to get basic necessities like food and health care. \u2014 Yi-ling Liu, The New Yorker , 16 May 2022",
      "Scott also stopped to joke around with a group of middle school students outside nearby Maree G. Farring Elementary-Middle School. \u2014 Lea Skene, Baltimore Sun , 12 May 2022",
      "Darvish couldn\u2019t help but joke about it with Suzuki. \u2014 Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune , 11 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1670, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb",
      "1670, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin jocus ; perhaps akin to Old High German gehan to say, Sanskrit y\u0101cati he asks":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8j\u014dk"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "boff",
      "boffo",
      "boffola",
      "crack",
      "drollery",
      "funny",
      "gag",
      "giggle",
      "jape",
      "jest",
      "josh",
      "laugh",
      "nifty",
      "one-liner",
      "pleasantry",
      "quip",
      "rib",
      "sally",
      "waggery",
      "wisecrack",
      "witticism",
      "yuk",
      "yuck",
      "yak",
      "yock"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-084513",
    "type":[
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "jokebook":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": jestbook":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-182025",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "jokeless":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": lacking jokes":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8j\u014dkl\u0259\u0307s"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-115349",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "jokelet":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a little joke":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "-l\u0259\u0307t"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-180934",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "joker":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a person given to joking : wag":[],
      ": a playing card added to a pack as a wild card or as the highest-ranking card":[],
      ": an ambiguous or apparently immaterial clause inserted in a legislative bill to make it inoperative or uncertain in some respect":[],
      ": an unsuspected or not readily apparent fact, factor, or condition that thwarts or nullifies a seeming advantage":[],
      ": an unsuspected, misleading, or misunderstood clause, phrase, or word in a document that nullifies or greatly alters it":[],
      ": something (such as an expedient or stratagem) held in reserve to gain an end or escape from a predicament":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Jokers are wild in this game.",
      "I can't believe I let that joker beat me.",
      "Some joker hit our car.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The joker then felt terrible, as no slight had been intended. \u2014 Pat Myers, Washington Post , 16 June 2022",
      "Police Chief John Madden of Burr Ridge talked about his 42-year friendship with Ruth, drawing laughs with stories of Ruth the practical joker . \u2014 Graydon Megan, Chicago Tribune , 10 June 2022",
      "Jones scares up all sorts of laughs as the Texas Bushman, a practical joker in a leafy green ghillie suit who poses as a potted shrub and pops out at unsuspecting passersby. \u2014 Ren\u00e9 A. Guzman, San Antonio Express-News , 17 May 2022",
      "Hamilton is a joker -piece defender who can line up all over the formation, giving defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio plenty of schematic options. \u2014 Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "This week, Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift are the joker and queen, respectively; Pusha T is back in the lab; and Nicki Minaj makes more heat with Lil Baby. \u2014 Jason Lipshutz, Billboard , 11 Feb. 2022",
      "The pampered joker prince would soon find grounding, purpose, and a new wellspring of maternal pride. \u2014 Simon Usborne, Town & Country , 13 Mar. 2022",
      "Around the firehouse, Butrim was known as a practical joker . \u2014 Lilly Price, baltimoresun.com , 2 Feb. 2022",
      "The narrative voice is not that of a gentle professor but of a slightly manic bar-room joker who is actually funny and genuinely excited to share his passion with anyone who will listen\u2014and anyone who won\u2019t. \u2014 Julian Baggini, WSJ , 3 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1726, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8j\u014d-k\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "card",
      "comedian",
      "comic",
      "droll",
      "farceur",
      "funnyman",
      "gagger",
      "gagman",
      "gagster",
      "humorist",
      "jester",
      "jokester",
      "wag",
      "wit"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-025024",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "jokester":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": joker sense 1":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "hired the hot new Hollywood jokester to write the sitcom script",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Hardrick delighted in being a jokester , the kind who tickled Tucker's face with a blanket to wake him up. \u2014 Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star , 6 June 2022",
      "Morton brings a refreshing comic spryness to Lear, playing him not as a doddering old man but as a vivacious, scampering jokester who expects to be treated as the life of the party. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 May 2022",
      "Another student was typically a big jokester and full of confidence. \u2014 Jocelyn Gecker, Chron , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "Another student was typically a big jokester and full of confidence. \u2014 Jocelyn Gecker, ajc , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "The imposing, long-haired, Fu Manchu-sporting Gonz\u00e1lez sparkles as the group\u2019s lead singer, emcee and jokester . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 4 Apr. 2022",
      "The words were innocent enough, another joke from a preeminent jokester . \u2014 Roy S. Johnson | Rjohnson@al.com, al , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "During the segment, the jokester admitted to being wrong about how unpleasant raising kids can be. \u2014 Adam Carlson, PEOPLE.com , 5 Apr. 2022",
      "Since childhood, he had been known as a jokester and a people person. \u2014 Anastasia Dawson, orlandosentinel.com , 4 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1877, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8j\u014dk-st\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "card",
      "comedian",
      "comic",
      "droll",
      "farceur",
      "funnyman",
      "gagger",
      "gagman",
      "gagster",
      "humorist",
      "jester",
      "joker",
      "wag",
      "wit"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-215556",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "joking":{
    "antonyms":[
      "banter",
      "chaff",
      "fool",
      "fun",
      "gag",
      "jape",
      "jest",
      "jive",
      "jolly",
      "josh",
      "kid",
      "quip",
      "wisecrack",
      "yuk",
      "yuck"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an instance of jesting : kidding":[
        "can't take a joke"
      ],
      ": laughingstock":[],
      ": practical joke":[],
      ": something not to be taken seriously : a trifling matter":[
        "consider his skiing a joke",
        "\u2014 Harold Callender",
        "\u2014 often used in negative constructions it is no joke to be lost in the desert"
      ],
      ": the humorous or ridiculous element in something":[],
      ": to make jokes : jest":[],
      ": to make the object of a joke : kid":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "She meant it as a joke , but many people took her seriously.",
      "They played a harmless joke on him.",
      "They are always making jokes about his car.",
      "I heard a funny joke yesterday.",
      "the punch line of a joke",
      "I didn't get the joke .",
      "That exam was a joke .",
      "Their product became a joke in the industry.",
      "He's in danger of becoming a national joke .",
      "Verb",
      "My friends would joke about the uniform I had to wear at work.",
      "She joked about the possibility of losing her job.",
      "I thought he was joking when he said he might quit, but it turned out that he really meant it.",
      "Don't take it seriously: I was only joking .",
      "She spent a few minutes joking with reporters after giving her speech.",
      "She joked that she could always get work as a truck driver if she lost her job.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "In fact, Casta\u00f1eda and his castmates joke that The Umbrella Academy is a lot like a superhero Friends. \u2014 Kelsie Gibson, PEOPLE.com , 22 June 2022",
      "There\u2019s at least one joke about cocaine, but no drinking or actual drug use. \u2014 Common Sense Media, Washington Post , 10 June 2022",
      "There there\u2019s even a Crackle+, and that\u2019s not a joke . \u2014 James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter , 17 May 2022",
      "Some joke that their hours are so long even their spouses resent Mr. Gensler. \u2014 Paul Kiernan, WSJ , 9 May 2022",
      "Insert joke about sunshine and where the sun don't shine. \u2014 Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "Maybe that\u2019s just a joke \u2014like the MTA having a lost and found. \u2014 Josh St. Clair, Men's Health , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "And the joke about the backup quarterback being the most popular guy in Tuscaloosa no longer applies so next Saturday\u2019s A-Day game will be their time to shine. \u2014 Michael Casagrande | Mcasagrande@al.com, al , 10 Apr. 2022",
      "Pinkett Smith suffers from alopecia, so the joke was either unintentionally insensitive or intentionally cruel. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Fans took to social media Tuesday to joke about the song, saying it\u2019s fueling the already-present Great Resignation and the desire to quit their jobs, or to not work harder at their jobs than is required or necessary. \u2014 Marisa Dellatto, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
      "It\u2019s refreshing when major corporations feel free to joke about their own pursuit of an honest buck. \u2014 Kyle Smith, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
      "Ly, 25, said the cost of filling the tank of her Honda HRV increased by $20 to $30 in recent months, which prompted her to joke about switching to a bike. \u2014 Camille Caldera, BostonGlobe.com , 12 June 2022",
      "The comedian hosts a showcase of fellow stand-ups including Ron Funches and Lil Rel Howery to joke about their family lives and parenthood. \u2014 Hau Chu, Washington Post , 11 June 2022",
      "The two continued to joke about their abilities, their willingness to do just about anything on screen, and their love of the MCU. \u2014 Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com , 9 June 2022",
      "Residents joke darkly that the lockdown has helped capitalist Shanghai achieve common prosperity a decade ahead of schedule, because rich and poor alike struggle to get basic necessities like food and health care. \u2014 Yi-ling Liu, The New Yorker , 16 May 2022",
      "Scott also stopped to joke around with a group of middle school students outside nearby Maree G. Farring Elementary-Middle School. \u2014 Lea Skene, Baltimore Sun , 12 May 2022",
      "Darvish couldn\u2019t help but joke about it with Suzuki. \u2014 Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune , 11 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1670, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb",
      "1670, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin jocus ; perhaps akin to Old High German gehan to say, Sanskrit y\u0101cati he asks":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8j\u014dk"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "boff",
      "boffo",
      "boffola",
      "crack",
      "drollery",
      "funny",
      "gag",
      "giggle",
      "jape",
      "jest",
      "josh",
      "laugh",
      "nifty",
      "one-liner",
      "pleasantry",
      "quip",
      "rib",
      "sally",
      "waggery",
      "wisecrack",
      "witticism",
      "yuk",
      "yuck",
      "yak",
      "yock"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-032138",
    "type":[
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "joking apart":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-032957"
  },
  "jokey":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": given to joking":[],
      ": humorous , comical":[],
      ": amusingly ridiculous : laughable":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8j\u014d-k\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "the jokey tone of his stories",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The film gets in on the MCU act with a jokey mid-credits sequence and then a more dramatic one at the very end, opening the door to a sequel. \u2014 David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter , 13 June 2022",
      "Some of these new books were jokey satires aimed more at parents than children. \u2014 Nicole Hemmer, CNN , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "McGill: Joe felt Fred Gwynne was quite jokey as the judge. \u2014 Andy Greene, Rolling Stone , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "This episode is so jokey that Noel Fielding has to assume the nerd persona and keep the quiz moving. \u2014 Bethy Squires, Vulture , 1 Jan. 2022",
      "Lennon veers between being sarcastically jokey and seeming to crave attention, as his companion, Yoko Ono, sits next to him, mostly staying quiet. \u2014 oregonlive , 25 Nov. 2021",
      "This is a straight-up revenge saga, with Statham as a father out to wreak havoc on the men who killed his teenage son, and the movie, after a jokey stage-setting intro, mostly eschews Ritchie\u2019s usual quips and one-liners. \u2014 Tim Grierson, Vulture , 11 May 2021",
      "His bluff, sometimes bombastic and often jokey manner \u2014 tolerated or even enjoyed during easeful times \u2014 has not helped him as the U.K. threatens to start unraveling at the seams. \u2014 Christina Boyle, Los Angeles Times , 27 Jan. 2021",
      "What started largely as a jokey way to send season\u2019s greetings to friends and family and promote their video-production business became a viral sensation, racking up more than 18 million views to date on YouTube. \u2014 Charles Passy, WSJ , 17 Dec. 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1825, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-064429"
  },
  "joking aside":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-103700"
  },
  "joking relationship":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an institutionalized relationship of pronounced familiarity between specified relatives widely found in some cultures and involving the exchange of frequently sexually colored banter, jocular insults, and the playing of tricks upon one another \u2014 compare avoidance sense 5":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-195757"
  },
  "jokul":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an Icelandic mountain covered with ice and snow : an Icelandic snow mountain":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8y\u014d\u02ccku\u0307l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Icelandic j\u00f6kull icicle, glacier, from Old Norse":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-011832"
  }
}