JOKER


Meaning of JOKER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ dʒoʊkə(r) ]

( jokers)

1.

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

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

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2.

The joker 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 joker if you think they are behaving in a stupid or dangerous way. ( INFORMAL )

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

= idiot

N-COUNT [ disapproval ]

4.

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

PHRASE

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Английский словарь Коллинз COBUILD для изучающих язык на продвинутом уровне.