transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈjō-kər ]
noun
Date: 1729
1.
a. : a person given to joking : wag
b. : fellow , guy ; especially : an insignificant, obnoxious, or incompetent person
a shame to let a joker like this win — Harold Robbins
2. : a playing card added to a pack as a wild card or as the highest-ranking card
3.
a.
(1) : an ambiguous or apparently immaterial clause inserted in a legislative bill to make it inoperative or uncertain in some respect
(2) : an unsuspected, misleading, or misunderstood clause, phrase, or word in a document that nullifies or greatly alters it
b. : something (as an expedient or stratagem) held in reserve to gain an end or escape from a predicament
c. : an unsuspected or not readily apparent fact, factor, or condition that thwarts or nullifies a seeming advantage