JOKE vs LAUGH: NOUN
- Something said for the sake of exciting a laugh; something witty or sportive (commonly indicating more of hilarity or humor than jest); a jest; a witticism.
- Something not said seriously, or not actually meant; something done in sport.
- In jest; sportively; not meant seriously.
- See under Practical.
- Something said or done for amusement.
- Synonyms See jest.
- Something not real, or to no purpose; what is not in earnest or actually meant; an illusion.
- Something said or done for the sake of exciting laughter; some witty or sportive remark or act; a jest; also, jesting; raillery.
- An object of amusement or laughter; a laughingstock.
- Something not to be taken seriously; a triviality.
- Something that is of ludicrously poor quality.
- A mischievous trick; a prank.
- Something said or done to evoke laughter or amusement, especially an amusing story with a punch line.
- Activity characterized by good humor
- A ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement
- A triviality not to be taken seriously
- An amusing story.
- A humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
- The root cause or main issue, especially an unexpected one
- A worthless thing or person.
- A fun person.
- Something that provokes mirth or scorn.
- An expression of mirth particular to the human species; the sound heard in laughing; laughter.
- An expression of mirth peculiar to the human species; the sound heard in laughing; laughter. See laugh, v. i.
- An expression of merriment by an explosive noise; an inarticulate expression of sudden mirth or joy.
- Fun; amusement.
- Something amusing, absurd, or contemptible; a joke.
- The sound of laughing; laughter.
- A facial expression characteristic of a person laughing
- The sound of laughing
- A humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
- Mirth or merriment, particularly at the expense of some person or thing; ridicule: used with the definite article: as, the laugh was turned against him.
- The act of laughing.
JOKE vs LAUGH: VERB
- Act in a funny or teasing way
- Tell a joke; speak humorously
- To do or say something for humourous amusement rather than seriously.
- Produce laughter
JOKE vs LAUGH: INTRANSITIVE VERB
- To speak in fun; be facetious.
- To tell or play jokes; jest.
- To do something for sport, or as a joke; to be merry in words or actions; to jest.
- To say or write as a joke.
- To express certain emotions, especially mirth or delight, by a series of spontaneous, usually unarticulated sounds often accompanied by corresponding facial and bodily movements.
- To show or feel amusement or good humor.
- To feel or express derision or contempt; mock.
- To say with a laugh.
- To affect or influence by laughter.
- To produce sounds resembling laughter.
- To feel a triumphant or exultant sense of well-being.
- To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the mouth, causing a lighting up of the face and eyes, and usually accompanied by the emission of explosive or chuckling sounds from the chest and throat; to indulge in laughter.
- Fig.: To be or appear gay, cheerful, pleasant, mirthful, lively, or brilliant; to sparkle; to sport.
- To make an object of laughter or ridicule; to make fun of; to deride.
- To laugh secretly, or so as not to be observed, especially while apparently preserving a grave or serious demeanor toward the person or persons laughed at.
- To laugh in spite of some restraining influence; to laugh aloud.
- To weep or cry; to feel regret, vexation, or disappointment after hilarity or exaltation.
JOKE vs LAUGH: TRANSITIVE VERB
- To make merry with; to make jokes upon; to rally; to banter.
- To affect or influence by means of laughter or ridicule.
- To express by, or utter with, laughter; -- with out.
- To waste in hilarity.
- To cause to be given up on account of ridicule; as, to laugh down a reform.
- To cause one by laughter or ridicule to abandon or give up.
- To deride; to treat with mockery, contempt, and scorn; to despise.
JOKE vs LAUGH: OTHER WORD TYPES
- Tell a joke
- To cast jokes at; make merry with; rally: as, to joke a man about his love-affairs.
- To jest; make merry about something.
- Speak humorously
- To affect in some way by laughter, or a laughing manner; act upon by exercise of risibility: as, to laugh one's self sick or into convulsions; to laugh one out of countenance.
- To express laughingly; give out with jovial utterance or manner: as, he laughed his consent.
- To scoff playfully; make merry; flout; jeer: with at.
- To be or appear gay; appear cheerful, pleasant, lively, or brilliant.
- To express mirth or joy by an explosive inarticulate sound of the voice and a peculiar facial distortion; make a convulsive or chuckling noise excited by sudden merriment or pleasure.
- (idiom) (up/in) To rejoice or exult in secret, as at another's error or defeat.
- (idiom) (laugh out of the other side of (one's) mouth) To see one's good fortune turn to bad; suffer a humbling reversal.
- (idiom) (laugh all the way to the bank) To take glee in making money, especially from activity that others consider to be unimpressive or unlikely to turn a profit.
JOKE vs LAUGH: RELATED WORDS
- Skit, Wisecrack, Laughing, Funny, Yak, Wheeze, Antic, Caper, Jocularity, Trick, Jape, Jest, Prank, Gag, Laugh
- Grin, Smile, Chuckles, Funny, Giggle, Chuckle, Express joy, Express mirth, Wheeze, Yak, Gag, Jape, Jest, Laughter, Joke
JOKE vs LAUGH: DESCRIBE WORDS
- Parody, Banter, Skit, Wisecrack, Laughing, Funny, Yak, Wheeze, Antic, Caper, Trick, Jape, Jest, Gag, Laugh
- Fun, Grin, Smile, Chuckles, Funny, Giggle, Chuckle, Express joy, Wheeze, Yak, Gag, Jape, Jest, Laughter, Joke
JOKE vs LAUGH: SENTENCE EXAMPLES
- Funny card with poem and joke for brothers birthday with cartoon cat, cake and balloons and age joke.
- Life seems a joke, a cruel, grim joke.
- Every joke has a bit of a joke.
- The joke, if it is a joke, is over.
- The audience took is as a joke, they laughed, and it was clearly a joke.
- Coming up, the joke that launched a second joke that launched a third joke that launched a not it.
- April How do you know when a joke is a Dad joke?
- And explaining a joke is never as much fun as playing the joke.
- One that can take a joke and also joke back.
- Palin joke or due to a fat joke?
- That made me laugh out loud certainly some instances that made me laugh loud.
- His fly was undone and he got a laugh and he took on acting based on the laugh.
- That will make you laugh and make others around you laugh as well.
- You had this incredibly special way you would laugh that would make anyone laugh.
- We are Frenchmen, we like to laugh, and we can laugh everywhere.
- Easter, and stand laugh laugh, then ford Citizens for Public Education, goes over the member list spin about in wondrous delight.
- Research has even found that men like women who laugh at their jokes and can make them laugh, too.
- Never goes away but I think it could work very well on an adult, lots of laugh, laugh!
- Javert began to laugh, with that mournful laugh which comes from profound conviction.
- We are to laugh the laugh of faith.
JOKE vs LAUGH: QUESTIONS
- Why is Jyllandsposten called Denmark's joke newspaper?
- Should comedians be allowed to joke about everything?
- What was Tsipras'joke about the Thessaloniki Metro?
- Where was the original death Killing Joke recorded?
- Does Jerry's practical joke about Testikov backfire?
- How does the joke teller hope the audience will understand the joke?
- Is Nick Kroll's'Aisle Me'joke on Parks and Rec just a joke?
- Was Pete Davidson's joke about'Weekend Update'just a joke?
- Can you explain a joke with an alternative joke interpretation?
- Mengapa banyak orang Rindu joke-joke garing dari Twitter?
- Does Laugh Factory Chicago offer Black Friday discounts?
- What episode does Takeshi laugh with Ichigo custome?
- Is it okay to laugh during inappropriate situations?
- What did old Monsieur farival laugh sardonically at?
- What Marvel character makes you laugh uncontrollably?
- Why does my partner laugh at me when I laugh at him?
- Is there a way to make my laugh sound like an actual laugh?
- What Fire Emblem character has a laugh similar to Legion's laugh?
- When did the song Laugh Laugh Laugh by the Beatles Come Out?
- What does the Clown from Laugh Laugh Laugh look like?