JOKER


Meaning of JOKER in English

(~s)

1.

Someone who is a ~ likes making jokes or doing amusing things.

He is, by nature, a ~, a witty man with a sense of fun.

N-COUNT

2.

The ~ in a pack of playing cards is the card which does not belong to any of the four suits.

N-COUNT

3.

You can call someone a ~ if you think they are behaving in a stupid or dangerous way. (INFORMAL)

Keep your eye on these ~s, you never know what they will come up with.

= idiot

N-COUNT disapproval

4.

If you describe someone or something as the ~ in the pack, you mean that they are different from the other people or things in their group, and can be unpredictable.

PHRASE

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