Phrase Hound found 26 phrases and 5 compound words that contain jokes. The most common are listed below. Open jokes in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 26
- anti-jokesplural of anti-joke: A sentence or story that subverts the expectation of a joke, often by being deliberately unfunny or surreal.
- bad jokesplural of bad joke: A situation that is badly planned, or illogical.
- blonde jokesplural of blonde joke: A joke involving a stereotypical airheaded blonde-haired woman.
- dad jokesplural of dad joke: A (usually deliberate) unfunny or corny joke, typically containing a pun and often in question/answer format.
- dirty jokesplural of dirty joke: A joke with a morally objectionable or obscene punchline.
- inside jokesplural of inside joke: A joke that is understood or meant to be understood only by certain people who are aware of the details (an ingroup).
- Irish jokesplural of Irish joke: A joke with a punchline implying that the Irish people are stupid.
- practical jokesplural of practical joke: A playful trick done for amusement to the detriment of someone else.
- running jokesplural of running joke: An ongoing joke, one that is regularly repeated or continued.
- knock-knock jokesplural of knock-knock joke: An audience-participation joke ending with a pun.
- light bulb jokesplural of light bulb joke: Any joke of the form "How many X does it take to change a light bulb?" followed by a witty riposte, where X is some usually stereotypical class of people.
- jokes asideAlternative form of all jokes aside: Used to attempt to state a serious point in a jocular conversation.
- green jokesplural of green joke: A joke about sex, (a dirty joke) or feces; toilet humor.
- half jokesplural of half joke: A statement which contains elements of both jest and seriousness.
- jokes aroundthird-person singular simple present indicative of joke around: (procrastinate, fool around, behave immaturely): bowdlerization of fuck around
- jokes upthird-person singular simple present indicative of joke up: To make jokes aimed upward in social class or level of authority.
- private jokesplural of private joke: Synonym of inside joke (“a joke that is understood or meant to be understood only by certain people who are aware of the details”).
- sick jokesplural of sick joke: A joke in poor or inconsiderate taste.
- standing jokesplural of standing joke: A customary laughing matter amongst a group of people.
- all jokes asideSynonym of all kidding aside: Used to attempt to state a serious point in a jocular conversation.
- dial-a-jokesplural of dial-a-joke: A type of telephone service where people can call to listen to prerecorded jokes
- fourth wall jokesplural of fourth wall joke: A joke that intentionally draws attention to the illusion of separation between the audience and the fiction itself.
- jokes it upthird-person singular simple present indicative of joke it up: To be funny, make jokes and carry on.
- the jokes write themselvesA situation where it is very easy to make jokes or the humor of a situation is self-evident.
- Kerryman jokesplural of Kerryman joke: A joke poking fun at the people from Kerry in Ireland.
Compound words 5
- antijokesplural of antijoke: A sentence or story that subverts the expectation of a joke, often by being deliberately unfunny or surreal.
- jokestersplural of jokester: A person who tells jokes; a joker.
- metajokesplural of metajoke: A joke whose humour arises from its subversion of the usual conventions of humour.
- nonjokesplural of nonjoke: A story, utterance, etc. that is not a joke.
- outjokesthird-person singular simple present indicative of outjoke: To surpass in joking; to outjest.