(n.) Something said for the sake of exciting a laugh; something witty or sportive (commonly indicating more of hilarity or humor than jest); a jest; a witticism; as, to crack good-natured jokes.
(n.) Something not said seriously, or not actually meant; something done in sport.
(v. t.) To make merry with; to make jokes upon; to rally; to banter; as, to joke a comrade.
(v. i.) To do something for sport, or as a joke; to be merry in words or actions; to jest.
Example Sentences:
(1) In platform shoes to emulate Johnson's height, and with the aid of prosthetic earlobes, Cranston becomes the 36th president: he bullies and cajoles, flatters and snarls and barks, tells dirty jokes or glows with idealism as required, and delivers the famous "Johnson treatment" to everyone from Martin Luther King to the racist Alabama governor George Wallace.
(2) "The sending off was a joke, and I thought the penalty was even worse," Bruce said.
(3) Fringe 2009 also welcomes back Aussie standup Jim Jeffries , whose jokes include: "Women to me are like public toilets.
(4) Greek officials categorically denied the report with many describing it as a "joke".
(5) Two years later, Trump tweeted that “Obama’s motto” was: “If I don’t go on taxpayer funded vacations & constantly fundraise then the terrorists win.” The joke, it turns out, is on Trump.
(6) It’s gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, social background, and – most important of all, as far as I’m concerned – diversity of thought.” Diversity needs action beyond the Oscars | Letters Read more He may have provided the Richard Littlejohn wishlist from hell – you know the one, about the one-legged black lesbian in a hijab favoured by the politically correct – but as a Hollywood A-lister, the joke’s no longer on him.
(7) When we arrived, he would instruct us to spend the morning composing a song or a poem, or inventing a joke or a charade.
(8) Having long been accustomed to being the butt of other politicians' jokes, however, Farage is relishing what may yet become the last laugh.
(9) Quizzed by one journalist, Gabrielli joked that "the first 12 hours are the most dangerous".
(10) I think the “horror and outrage” Roberts complains of were more like hilarity, and the story still makes me laugh (as do many others on Mumsnet, which is full of jokes as well as acronyms for everything).
(11) Musk revealed his love for Kerbal Space Program in a Q&A in Reddit , joking (or maybe not?)
(12) One of the punters came up to me after and said that I seemed confident, but he’d spent the whole time wondering when I was going to tell a joke.
(13) In a recent episode of the BBC Radio 4 comedy Alun Cochrane's Fun House , Cochrane joked of how he sleeps better in the living room.
(14) I’m just going to prepare myself for next year, for the Olympics and come out even stronger.” Questioned over Bolt’s joking accusation, Gatlin added: “I want my money back.
(15) Intricate is the key word, as screwball dialogue plays off layered wordplay, recurring jokes and referential callbacks to build to the sort of laughs that hit you twice: an initial belly laugh followed, a few minutes later, by the crafty laugh of recognition.
(16) His art knows this and tries to deal with it by way of jokes and excess.
(17) James Cleverly, MP for Braintree, who supported Johnson’s aborted leadership bid before backing May, said joking about him risked undermining the foreign secretary.
(18) It would also be likely to lend scope to ill-conceived prosecutions jeopardising ordinary free speech rights, such as the notorious Twitter Joke Trial .
(19) This, Brown jokes, counts as good weather for Scotland.
(20) December 3, 2013 And fellow presenters took the opportunity for some jokes at his expense.
Wisecrack
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Example Sentences:
(1) Billy Connolly wisecracking about Iraq hostage Ken Bigley?
(2) It's not hard to picture her, dodging the autograph-hunters, wisecracking at the tombstones, seizing life while she can.
(3) Empson, unforgettable as wisecracking Jamaican gossip Mrs Aphrodite in the Theatre Royal ska musical The Big Life in 2004, is mouthwatering casting as the Queen.
(4) Almost exactly the same gag features in a surviving Roman joke book: the Philogelos (or Laughter Lover ), a collection of wisecracks probably compiled in the fourth or fifth century AD.
(5) Outside of the octagon, Bisping possesses the demeanour of an oversized Ricky Hatton - all mischievous grins, wisecracks and gentle ribbing of his sparring partners.
(6) He plays a wisecracking badass called Snow who's tasked to rescue the president's daughter from a giant space prison overrun by its violent inmates.
(7) He responds to serious criticism by a biting wisecrack or diversionary personal attack.
(8) Tell that to Tessa, the 17-year-old heroine of Ol Parker's film Now Is Good, whose attitude is more rage against the dying of the light, while wisecracking.
(9) And it's not only the comedians who are being scrutinised – in May of this year, actress Jennifer Lawrence was criticised for her wisecrack about breaking out her "rape scream" for a director she admired.
(10) Bitcoin's crash is less of a currency crisis than an opportune moment for internet wisecracks.
(11) Feel free at this point to wonder aloud whether Gianfranco Zola has been hired as a player rather than manager and to make hilarious wisecracks about imminent swoops for Bruno Conte, Gigi Riva and Sophia Loren.
(12) Then there’s The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea , a film starring and produced by Jessica Biel, about a widower who teams up with a wisecracking girl (Williams; who else?)
(13) The machine is not about to write nuanced profiles or wisecracking think pieces.
(14) He continued in the same wisecracking vein opposite Jane Russell in two spoof Westerns, The Paleface (1948), in which he was a correspondence-school dentist, and Son Of Paleface (1952) where, having caused derision among cowboys in a saloon by ordering milk, Hope quickly adds "in a dirty glass".
(15) As well as the ubiquitous wisecracks, Twitter suits fast-breaking news snaps and statistics and so works well on results night.
(16) The line narrowly edged out an Alex Horne wisecrack: "I used to work in a shoe-recycling shop.
(17) This year's films that no-one wanted to see Read more Matt Damon’s turn as a wisecracking astronaut who finds himself stranded on Mars helped The Martian reclaim the top spot in its fourth week of release with a solid $15.9m (£10.3m), which now gives it a total of $166.4m.
(18) went one of the many wisecracks circulating on the internet after it was revealed that the Chelsea and England captain had failed in an attempt to gag reporting of his personal life.
(19) Just last week he was to be found wisecracking with his tormentors from the mainstream media and pouring them drinks at the party’s Christmas get-together.
(20) A 30th anniversary sequel to Raymond Briggs's beloved tale, its arrival brings grave fears of a sausage-fingered "reimagining", with wisecracking canine sidekicks, airborne high-fives and the unveiling of Olly Murs's new single, Flyin' (Don't Melt Tonight), taking a CGI shovel to a nation's memories.