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joke

noun as in person that is made fun of

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Policemen on the show joke about prison riots, bomb threats, and the shooting of unarmed civilians.

A running joke inside the tribe is that the group is like that club with a hundred people waiting outside to get in.

And that was well before this Christmas, when he appeared to joke about Obama being a Muslim.

Within a concentration camp, would someone make a joke about the number, the tattooed number?

Anyone willing to threaten war over a joke is clearly not playing with a full deck.

The patriarchal decree of the government was a good deal of a joke on the plains, anyway—except when you were caught defying it!

Mr. Crow was rocking back and forth on his perch, for a joke—on anybody except himself—always delighted him.

Well, thinks I, this is no joke sure, at this lick I'll have family enuff to do me in a few years.

"I don't think that's a very good joke," said the disappointed little boy.

The king, by way of joke, desired the earl to personate him, and ordered the petitioner to be admitted.

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On this page you'll find 153 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to joke, such as: antic, farce, gag, humor, laugh, and one-liner.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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