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UK
/dʒˈəʊkɐ/
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[ US /ˈdʒoʊkɝ/ ]
[ US /ˈdʒoʊkɝ/ ]
NOUN
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a person who does something thoughtless or annoying
some joker is blocking the driveway - a person who enjoys telling or playing jokes
- a playing card that is usually printed with a picture of a jester
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an inconspicuous clause in a document or bill that affects its meaning in a way that is not immediately apparent
when I demanded my money he showed me the joker in the contract
How To Use joker In A Sentence
- And this joker is trying to pawn Baathist genocidaire Saddam Hussein off as being ‘right wing’. The Volokh Conspiracy » Competing Explanations for the Oppressive Nature of Socialism
- Those two jokers may be happy in their never-never land, but it's time they recognised reality.
- -- Morgan Freeman wonka bar aww yes, the joker is back ... maybe Joseph Gordon Levitt could write it? blog comments powered by Disqus Jamie Foxx Writing Laverne & Shirley Feature; Jessica Biel and Jennifer Garner Still Attached to Star | /Film
- But the time has surely come to blow the whistle on these jokers.
- Statistical revision is the wild card in that most inexact pack of jokers known as economics.
- The sense is that when you put on the shirt, you are there to do a job, and there's no space for jokers.
- The head doorman is a bit of joker and you can have a laugh with him but it's not advisable to upset him too much.
- When played as the High Card, jokers rank as aces.
- Practical and down-to-earth, he's a bit of a joker and Paul's only friend outside the observatory.
- The poignant note lay in a bed of roses on an ivory white casket that featured two joker playing cards. The Sun
