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as in laughs
something said or done to cause laughter
he was known for his hilarious jokes
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as in parodies
a poor, insincere, or insulting imitation of something
her rendition of the national anthem is a joke
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as in fools
a person or thing that is made fun of
having lost his looks and his voice years ago, these days he's just a show business joke and fodder for late-night comedy
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as in kids
to make jokes
he was known for his ability to joke about his lack of anything resembling a social life
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Recent Examples of jokes
Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 8 Jan. 2026
Performers have been reprimanded for making racist, sexist and homophobic jokes during shows in the late 1990s and 2000s, according to Westword, and Stock Show officials were quick to apologize.
—John Wenzel, Denver Post, 7 Jan. 2026
Continue reading … NOT GOING THERE – Golden Globes host explains why one celebrity is off-limits for jokes at awards show.
—FOXNews.com, 7 Jan. 2026
Comedians can sometimes be eerily accurate in the way their jokes predict the future.
—Literary Hub, 7 Jan. 2026
Not all of the jokes work, but even the grumpiest theatergoers will find plenty of laughs.
—Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 7 Jan. 2026
So yeah, there’s gonna be merger jokes, there’s going to be AI jokes.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 7 Jan. 2026
Cracking jokes at the cops and laughing at them.
—Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 7 Jan. 2026
Beyond jokes from the set, clips from the show itself have driven people to the series who may not have otherwise found it.
—Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2026
Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 6 Jan. 2026
There are also characters everyone jokes about.
—Corey Buhay, Outside, 18 Dec. 2025
Dame Joan Collins jokes with photographers at the Women in Film and TV Awards.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 5 Dec. 2025
Laks jokes that the turkeys might be boycotting humans for November.
—Charles Trepany, USA Today, 25 Nov. 2025
Chess bogs its narrator down with needless exposition and jokes more deserving of an eye roll than a laugh.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Nov. 2025
What someone jokes about reflects their inner values and unseen workings.
—Big Think, 5 Nov. 2025
Everyone jokes about Shannon and her Spanx, which is really missing a Kerastase Thermatique trick here by not endorsing Shannon.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
Continue reading … 'DISGUSTING' – Jen Psaki jokes Usha Vance scared of her husband, ripped for 'disgusting' comments.
—FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
Yes, as it is said, some jokes just write themselves.
—Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 8 Jan. 2026
Performers have been reprimanded for making racist, sexist and homophobic jokes during shows in the late 1990s and 2000s, according to Westword, and Stock Show officials were quick to apologize.
—John Wenzel, Denver Post, 7 Jan. 2026
Continue reading … NOT GOING THERE – Golden Globes host explains why one celebrity is off-limits for jokes at awards show.
—FOXNews.com, 7 Jan. 2026
Comedians can sometimes be eerily accurate in the way their jokes predict the future.
—Literary Hub, 7 Jan. 2026
Not all of the jokes work, but even the grumpiest theatergoers will find plenty of laughs.
—Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 7 Jan. 2026
So yeah, there’s gonna be merger jokes, there’s going to be AI jokes.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 7 Jan. 2026
Cracking jokes at the cops and laughing at them.
—Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 7 Jan. 2026
Beyond jokes from the set, clips from the show itself have driven people to the series who may not have otherwise found it.
—Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2026
Verb
The content creator jokes that for her, with each new year, the same old aspirations roll around time and again — though she's never been one for big sweeping resolutions.
—Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 6 Jan. 2026
There are also characters everyone jokes about.
—Corey Buhay, Outside, 18 Dec. 2025
Dame Joan Collins jokes with photographers at the Women in Film and TV Awards.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 5 Dec. 2025
Laks jokes that the turkeys might be boycotting humans for November.
—Charles Trepany, USA Today, 25 Nov. 2025
Chess bogs its narrator down with needless exposition and jokes more deserving of an eye roll than a laugh.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Nov. 2025
What someone jokes about reflects their inner values and unseen workings.
—Big Think, 5 Nov. 2025
Everyone jokes about Shannon and her Spanx, which is really missing a Kerastase Thermatique trick here by not endorsing Shannon.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
Continue reading … 'DISGUSTING' – Jen Psaki jokes Usha Vance scared of her husband, ripped for 'disgusting' comments.
—FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jokes
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Not all of the jokes work, but even the grumpiest theatergoers will find plenty of laughs.—
Ross Raihala,
Twin Cities,
7 Jan. 2026
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But the comedians also used those laughs to reveal the fundamental absurdity of violence and conflict.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Jan. 2026
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O'Brien then recalled his time on The Harvard Lampoon, his alma mater's humor publication also known for its parodies of magazines.—
Brenton Blanchet,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
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Each of the first three episodes takes place in a different decade and parodies a different generational style of sitcom.—
James Mercadante,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The fools of twenty-first-century Western imperialism possessed little of the historical literacy, let alone the moral sophistication, of Arendt, Weil, and Camus.—
Victor J. Blue,
Harpers Magazine,
23 Nov. 2025
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The mind wants desperately to connect with a person—and fools itself into seeing one in a machine.—
Damon Beres,
The Atlantic,
5 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Rates for the winter journey to the North Pole start at approximately $42 for adults (and kids ages 12 and over) and just over $31 for children ages two to 11.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Nov. 2025
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Now, Wilson is showing off his brand's latest back-to-school collection as part of Macy's x Rookie kids fashion show, and his three eldest kids walked the runway.—
Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
19 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The trailer for the film, released this morning, teases an emotional Matt and Ross Duffer wrapping up the Netflix tentpole show that took 10 years to make.—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
5 Jan. 2026
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The trailer teases a sharp, self-aware story about ambition, reinvention, and the business of superhero mythmaking.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
5 Jan. 2026
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And yet to take nothing away from the great John Landis and Amy Heckerling, journeyman director Jeremiah Chechik does the best job in bringing all of Hughes’s gags to brilliant visual life.—
Kevin Doughten,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Dec. 2025
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Perhaps the more vulgar visual gags with butts and such look a little more innocent in 3D?—
Lindsey Bahr,
Boston Herald,
20 Dec. 2025
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Chamberlain also included a drawing of the girls in the group done on a paper tablecloth which included caricatures of Carpenter, Sandoval, Chamberlain and Sarah, as well as Carpenter's friend Amber Mark.—
Tabitha Parent,
PEOPLE,
6 Jan. 2026
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In other words, the caricatures themselves created the conflict.—
Justin Angle,
The Conversation,
6 Jan. 2026
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His tío was a babalao (a Santería priest) who could conjure a spirit known as an orixá that could then take the form of its targets’ ancestors.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
10 Nov. 2025
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The main challenges include aligning climate finance commitments between developed and developing countries, addressing the socio-economic impacts of climate change on vulnerable populations and ensuring that emission reduction targets are consistent with the latest climate science.—
Matthew Glasser,
ABC News,
9 Nov. 2025
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“Jokes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jokes. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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