Usually means: Humorous expression of ideas, stories.
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We found 33 dictionaries that define the word joke:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. joke: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. joke: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. joke: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. joke: Collins English Dictionary
  5. joke: Vocabulary.com
  6. Joke, joke: Wordnik
  7. joke: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. joke: Wiktionary
  9. joke: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. joke: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. joke: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Joke, joke: Dictionary.com
  13. joke: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. joke: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Joke (disambiguation), Joke (given name), Joke (rapper), Joke (sketch), Joke, The Joke (film), The Joke (novel), The Joke (song): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Joke: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. joke: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. joke: Rhymezone
  19. joke: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. joke: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. joke: Free Dictionary
  22. joke: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. joke: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. joke: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. joke: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. JOKE: Acronym Finder
  3. joke: Idioms

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Joke: Cytokines & Cells Online Pathfinder Encyclopaedia

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. joke: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Joke, the joke: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See joked as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  An amusing story.
noun:  Something said or done for amusement, not in seriousness.
noun:  (figuratively) The root cause or main issue, especially an unexpected one
noun:  (figuratively) A laughably worthless thing or person; a sham.
noun:  (figuratively) Something that is far easier or far less challenging than expected.
verb:  (intransitive) To do or say something for amusement rather than seriously.
verb:  (intransitive, followed by with) To dupe in a friendly manner for amusement; to mess with, play with.
verb:  (transitive, dated) To make merry with; to make jokes upon; to rally.

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