joke : Idioms & Phrases

• noun an indelicate joke
  blue story; dirty story; blue joke.
  

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• noun an indelicate joke
  blue story; dirty story; blue joke.
  

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• noun a joke at the expense of some ethnic group
  

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• in jest; sportively; not meant seriously.

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• noun a joke that is appreciated only by members of some particular group of people
  

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• verb subject to a playful hoax or joke
  hoax; pull someone's leg.
  
• verb deceive somebody
  play tricks; flim-flam; fox; pull a fast one on; trick; play a trick on; fob.
  
  • We tricked the teacher into thinking that class would be cancelled next week

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• noun a prank or trick played on a person (especially one intended to make the victim appear foolish)
  

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• a joke put in practice; a joke the fun of which consists in something done, in distinction from something said; esp., a trick played upon a person.

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• noun a joke in bad taste
  

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• verb listen to a joke at one's own expense
  
  • Can't you take a joke?

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• noun a joke whose effect is achieved by visual means rather than by speech (as in a movie)
  sight gag.
  

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