joke

/dʒəʊk/

US pronunciation

American sound/dʒəʊk/

joke

Syllables: 1 syllable
Stress: One strong syllable
Vowel: Schwa vowel
Ending: Final e often stays silent

US voice -> joke

Myanmar meaning

(n) ရယ်စရာ။ပြက်လုံး။ဟာသ။ (v) ပြက်လုံးထုတ်သည်။ ရယ်စရာလုပ်သည်။အပြောင်အပြက်ပြောသည်။

Full entry

joke / dʒǝƱk / n

၁။ ရယ်စရာ။ ဟာသ။ ပြက်လုံး။ tell (sb) a joke ❍ have a joke with sb ❍ cracking jokes with one's friends ❍ I don't get (ie understand) the joke.
၂။ ကျီစယ်ခြင်း။ play a joke on sb ❍ I only did it as a joke. See also PRACTICAL JOKE
၃။ [sing] ရယ်ဖွယ်။ ဟာသ။ His attempts at cooking are a complete joke.
v ~ (with sb) (about sth) ရယ်စရာပြောသည်။ ပြက်လုံး ထုတ်သည်။ ဟာသလုပ်သည်။ I was only joking (ie I did not mean what I said). ❍ He joked about the time he fell into the river.
❏ be no joke ; be/ get beyond a joke [IDM ] ပေါ့ သေးသေးမဟုတ်။ ကျီစားရင်း လွန်လာသည်။ Trying to find a job these days is no joke, I can tell you. ❍ His teasing is getting beyond a joke.
❏ jokey adj ပြောင်စပ်စပ်။ နောက်တောက်တောက်။ a jokey tone of voice.
❏ jokingly adv ရယ်ရွှန်းဖတ်ရွှန်း။ ရယ်စရာအဖြစ်။
❏ the joke’s on sb [IDM ] (infml ) ကိုယ့်ရှူးကိုယ်ပတ်၍ ကိုယ်ပင်အရူးဖြစ်သည်။
❏ make a joke about/ of sb/sth [IDM ] ထောင်တန်သည့် စကား ရယ်ပေါ့ဖြစ်ရသည်။
❏ take a joke [IDM ] အပြောင်အစခံနိုင်သည်။ The trouble with Paula is she can't take a joke.
❏ you are/ must be/ have to be joking [IDM ] နားရှိလို့သာ ကြားလိုက်ရတယ်။ ‘Paul’s passed his driving test. ' 'You must be joking ^__ he can't even steer straight!'

More examples

Is this some kind of stupid joke?
Greg sprayed her with water as a joke.
[make/crack a joke] : The men all sat there drinking beer and cracking jokes.
[play a joke on someone] : Stephen decided to play a joke on his teacher.
[have a joke with someone] : Sorry – I was only having a little joke with you.
[someone’s idea of a joke] : Hiding my car keys was her idea of a joke.
[tell a joke] : Soon the kids relaxed and were laughing and telling jokes.
[joke about] : He told us a great joke about a talking dog.
[sick joke] : A sick joke about a dog in a microwave oven
[get the joke] : Sorry – I don’t get the joke. Can you explain it?
The nurses thought it was all a huge joke.
English wine is sometimes considered a bit of a joke.
That price is just a joke!

Synonyms

funny story, story, comic story, shaggy dog story, tall story, gag, yarn, tale, act, anecdote, antic, banter, bon mot, buffoon, buffoonery, burlesque, butt, caper, caprice, chaff, chestnut, clown, clowning, deceive, deride, derision, drollery, epigram, escapade, farce, fool, frolic, fun, gambol, game, goat, ha-ha, hoax, hoodwinking, horse around, horseplay, humor, jackass, jape, jest, jestee, jive, jolly, josh, kid, kid around, lark, laugh, laughingstock, make merry, mess about, mess around, mischief, mock, mockery, monkeyshine, mummery, needle, object of ridicule, one-liner, parody, payoff, play, play the clown, play the fool, play tricks, pleasantry, poke fun, practical joke, prank, pretend, pull one's leg, pull somebody's leg, pun, put on, put-on, quip, quirk, rag, raillery, repartee, revel, rib, ridicule, roast, sally, saw, scapegoat, shaggy-dog story, shenanigan, simpleton, snow job, spoof, sport, spree, stunt, tall tale, target, taunt, tease, tomfoolery, trick, vagary, whimsy, wisecrack, witticism

Antonyms

be serious, compliment, flatter, flattery, praise, seriousness, tragedy, work