joke
/ˈd͡ʒoʊ̯k/ noun A2- An amusing story.
- Something said or done for amusement, not in seriousness. · It was a joke!
- A laughably worthless thing or person; a sham. · Your effort at cleaning your room is a joke.· The president was a joke.
- Something that is far easier or far less challenging than expected. · The final exam was a joke.
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"Even my limited sense of humour could evolve a better joke than that.
I didn’t mean to vex you and I only meant it for a joke.
Lynde laughed comfortably over her mild joke, but Anne remained pensive.
He pulled up his horse, and with great glee joined in the joke by saying, “What a marvel it is that hairs which are not mine should fly from me, when they have forsaken even the man on whose head they grew.”
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