[dʒəʊk], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a thing that someone says to cause amusement or laughter, especially a story with a funny punchline
(e.g: she was in a mood to tell jokes)


Phrases:
- be beyond a joke
- be no joke
- can take a joke
- can't take a joke
- get beyond a joke
- joking apart
- make a joke of
- you must be joking

Origin:
late 17th century (originally slang): perhaps from Latin jocus ‘jest, wordplay’

[dʒəʊk], (Verb)

Definitions:
- make jokes; talk humorously or flippantly
(e.g: she could laugh and joke with her colleagues)


Phrases:
- be beyond a joke
- be no joke
- can take a joke
- can't take a joke
- get beyond a joke
- joking apart
- make a joke of
- you must be joking

Origin:
late 17th century (originally slang): perhaps from Latin jocus ‘jest, wordplay’