JOKER


Meaning of JOKER in English

jok ‧ er /ˈdʒəʊkə $ ˈdʒoʊkər/ BrE AmE noun [countable]

[ Word Family: noun : ↑ joke , ↑ joker , ↑ jokiness , ↑ jocularity ; adverb : ↑ jokingly , ↑ jokily , ↑ jocularly ; adjective : ↑ jokey , ↑ jocular ; verb : ↑ joke ]

1 . informal someone who behaves in a way you think is stupid:

Look at that joker – he’s doing 25 miles an hour at the most.

2 . a ↑ playing card that has no fixed value and is only used in some card games

3 . someone who makes a lot of jokes

4 . the joker in the pack something or someone whose effect on future events cannot be known

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.