JOKER


Meaning of JOKER in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

practical

He gained a reputation as a practical joker , yet at the same time could be quite morose.

Not many people know that Nick Faldo fancies himself as a comedian and a practical joker .

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Some joker had nailed the bench to the floor.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Invariably the butt of the family joker , he leaves his wife clamouring for an image maker for a husband.

Rosa, you should remember, is an inveterate joker .

Some joker had removed them all.

Then as later, bald men liked to rebut the jokers by recalling great bald men of the past.

Zoology, the joker in his pack, offered in his final year, also achieved 62 percent.

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