practical+joke
31joke — 1 noun (C) 1 STH FUNNY something that you say or do to make people laugh, especially a funny story or trick: Do you know any good jokes? | Don t get mad it was only a joke! | crack/make a joke (=say something funny) | tell a joke (=tell a short… …
32joke — 1. noun 1) they were telling jokes Syn: funny story, jest, witticism, quip; pun, play on words; informal gag, wisecrack, crack, one liner, rib tickler, knee slapper, thigh slapper, punch line, groaner 2) playing stupid …
33joke — jokeless, adj. jokingly, adv. /johk/, n., v., joked, joking. n. 1. something said or done to provoke laughter or cause amusement, as a witticism, a short and amusing anecdote, or a prankish act: He tells very funny jokes. She played a joke on him …
34joke — {{11}}joke (n.) 1660s, joque, a jest, something done to excite laughter, from L. iocus joke, sport, pastime, from PIE root *yek to speak (Cf. Bret. iez language, O.H.G. jehan to say, Ger. Beichte confession ). Originally a colloquial or slang… …
35joke — /dʒoʊk / (say johk) noun 1. something said or done to excite laughter or amusement; a playful or mischievous trick or remark. 2. an amusing or ridiculous circumstance. 3. an object of joking or jesting; a thing or person laughed at rather than… …
36practical joker — noun someone who plays practical jokes on others • Syn: ↑prankster, ↑cut up, ↑trickster, ↑tricker, ↑hoaxer • Derivationally related forms: ↑hoax (for: ↑hoaxer) …
37practical — adj. & n. adj. 1 of or concerned with practice or use rather than theory. 2 suited to use or action; designed mainly to fulfil a function (practical shoes). 3 (of a person) inclined to action rather than speculation; able to make things function… …
38joke — I. noun Etymology: Latin jocus; perhaps akin to Old High German gehan to say, Sanskrit yācati he asks Date: 1670 1. a. something said or done to provoke laughter; especially a brief oral narrative with a climactic humorous twist b. (1) the… …
39joke — [[t]dʒoʊk[/t]] n. v. joked, jok•ing 1) a short humorous anecdote with a punch line 2) anything said or done to provoke laughter or cause amusement 3) something amusing or ridiculous: I don t see the joke in that[/ex] 4) an object of laughter or… …
40joke — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. jest, gag, wisecrack, witticism, bon mot; fooling, kidding, joshing. v. i. josh, jest, gag. See wit. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [An action intended to be funny] Syn. prank, buffoonery, game, sport, frolic …
