Collocations for "joke"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "joke" in context.
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joke
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [funny, mean, good, bad, terrible] joke
- a [knock-knock, blond, racist, blue] joke
- played a practical joke (on)
- have [many, lots of] inside jokes
- tell me a joke
- is telling jokes (again)
- tell a joke to your [friends, parents, teacher]
- know any good jokes?
- heard a (good) joke (yesterday)
- make up a joke (about)
- a joke to [break the ice, amuse the audience]
- a joke at his expense
- a joke about the [president, teacher, boss]
- this is no joke!
- it's not a joke!
- this must be a (cruel) joke!
- the [price, class, law] is a joke!
- is this your idea of a joke?
- is (always) the butt of the joke
- is the butt of [their, his colleagues', everyone's] jokes
- at a joke shop
- wearing a joke [wig, mustache]
- joke about [him, the boss, his actions]
- joke to your [friends, coworkers]
- joke (around) with your [friends]
- joking around in class
- always joking around
- joke [in an email, over the phone]
- joked that she [could, was, had]
- [only, just] joking!
- I was [only] joking
- you [must, have to] be joking!
- (and) I'm not (even) joking
- don't even joke (about it)
- [don't, shouldn't] joke about things like that
- (is) nothing to joke about
- stop joking around!
'joke' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
affair
- amusing
- attempt
- cheap
- corny
- crack
- cruel
- edgy
- flat
- fool
- funny
- gotta
- grim
- head
- highly
- hilarious
- ice
- lame
- laugh
- laughter
- let
- lewd
- nipple
- open
- practical
- punch
- ridiculous
- rotten
- running
- sad
- seam
- something
- sound
- spell
- spoiled
- stale
- take
- tell
- well
- witty