1joke 
/ˈʤoʊk/ noun
plural jokes /ˈʤoʊk/ noun [count] 1 a : something said or done to cause laughter
▪ She meant it as a joke, but many people took her seriously. ▪ Is this your idea of a joke? [=do you think that what you are saying/doing is funny?] ▪ They played a harmless joke on him. ▪ They are always making jokes about his car. ▪ He thought he could embarrass us, but now the joke is on him. [=he is the one who looks foolish] ▪ He just can't take a joke. [=he does not like it when other people make jokes about him]
b : a brief story with a surprising and funny ending
▪ I heard a funny joke yesterday. ▪ the punch line of a joke ▪ She's always cracking/telling jokes. ▪ I didn't get/understand the joke. ▪ an inside joke [=a joke that is understood only by people with special knowledge about something] — see also in-joke, practical joke 2 disapproving : someone or something that is not worth taking seriously
▪ That exam was a joke. ▪ Their product became a joke in the industry. ▪ He's in danger of becoming a national joke. ▪ It's no joke to be lost in the woods. = Being lost in the woods is no joke. [=being lost in the woods is a serious situation]
▪ She meant it as a joke, but many people took her seriously. ▪ Is this your idea of a joke? [=do you think that what you are saying/doing is funny?] ▪ They played a harmless joke on him. ▪ They are always making jokes about his car. ▪ He thought he could embarrass us, but now the joke is on him. [=he is the one who looks foolish] ▪ He just can't take a joke. [=he does not like it when other people make jokes about him]
b : a brief story with a surprising and funny ending
▪ I heard a funny joke yesterday. ▪ the punch line of a joke ▪ She's always cracking/telling jokes. ▪ I didn't get/understand the joke. ▪ an inside joke [=a joke that is understood only by people with special knowledge about something] — see also in-joke, practical joke
▪ That exam was a joke. ▪ Their product became a joke in the industry. ▪ He's in danger of becoming a national joke. ▪ It's no joke to be lost in the woods. = Being lost in the woods is no joke. [=being lost in the woods is a serious situation]
