joke

“he told a very funny joke”

Types:: show 9 types...; hide 9 types...; belly laugh, howler, riot, scream, sidesplitter, thigh-slapper, wow
a joke that seems extremely funny; blue joke, blue story, dirty joke, dirty story
an indelicate joke; ethnic joke
a joke at the expense of some ethnic group; funny, funny remark, funny story, good story
an account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line); in-joke
a joke that is appreciated only by members of some particular group of people; one-liner
a one-line joke; shaggy dog story
a long rambling joke whose humor derives from its pointlessness; sick joke
a joke in bad taste; sight gag, visual joke
a joke whose effect is achieved by visual means rather than by speech (as in a movie)

Type of:: humor, humour, wit, witticism, wittiness
a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter

Types:: drollery, waggery
a quaint and amusing jest; leg-pull, leg-pulling
as a joke: trying to make somebody believe something that is not true; pleasantry
an agreeable or amusing remark

Type of:: diversion, recreation
an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates

Types:: show 6 types...; hide 6 types...; dirty trick
an unkind or aggressive trick; practical joke
a prank or trick played on a person (especially one intended to make the victim appear foolish); April fool
a practical joke or trick played on the first day of April; hotfoot
a practical joke that involves inserting a match surreptitiously between the sole and upper of the victim's shoe and then lighting it; rag
a boisterous practical joke (especially by college students); snipe hunt
an elaborate practical joke in which the unsuspecting victim hunts a snipe and is typically left in the dark holding a bag and waiting for the snipe to run into it

Type of:: diversion, recreation
an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates

“I regarded his campaign for mayor as a joke”

Type of:: pettiness, puniness, slightness, triviality
the quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous

“He often jokes even when he appears serious”

Types:: gag, quip
make jokes or quips; arse around, fool, fool around, horse around
indulge in horseplay; pun
make a play on words

Type of:: act, behave, do
behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself

DEFINITIONS OF: joke