Meaning

12 senses
  1. A person who makes jokes.

    Spaßvogel

    шутни́кšutník, шутни́цаšutníca, остря́кostrják

    жартівни́кžartivnýk, жартівни́цяžartivnýcja

    a person who enjoys telling or playing jokes

  2. (slang)A funny person.

    a person who does something thoughtless or annoying

  3. A jester.

    a playing card that is usually printed with a picture of a jester

  4. A playing card that features a picture of a joker (that is, a jester) and that may be used as a wild card in some card games.

    Joker, Jolly

    джо́керdžóker

    джо́керdžóker

  5. (figuratively)Something kept in reserve that can be used to gain an advantage; a trump card.

  6. An unspecified, vaguely disreputable person.

    Some joker keeps throwing eggs at my windows.

  7. An unspecified, vaguely disreputable person.

    A loser.

    Don't waste your breath on these jokers round here.

  8. (New Zealand, colloquial)A man.

  9. A clause in a contract that undermines its apparent provisions.

    an inconspicuous clause in a document or bill that affects its meaning in a way that is not immediately apparent

  10. A friendly unit that acts as a suspected hostile unit in a military excercise.

  11. The option, in a pub quiz, of selecting one particular round in which one's team will score double points.

    We used our joker as soon as the topic of sports was announced, since we are sport experts.

  12. A fairy chess piece that moves like the last piece that was moved by the opponent.

Examples

22 sentences
  1. Tom is a real joker.

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  2. What a bunch of jokers!

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  3. It's time to play the joker.

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  4. Donald is dressed like a joker.

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  5. Oleg mistook the hostages for jokers.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
person who makes jokes:
playing card:
Русский
By meaning 2
person who makes jokes:
playing card:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
person who makes jokes:
playing card:

Origin

From joke + -er, but in the sense of a playing card possibly by alteration of German Jucke

From joke + -er, but in the sense of a playing card possibly by alteration of German Jucker, also the origin of the name of the card game euchre.

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Forms

plural: jokers
Singularjoker
Pluraljokers

regular

Synonyms

19 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a person who enjoys telling or playing jokes:jokester
  • a person who does something thoughtless or annoying:turkey

Word family

11 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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