JOKING
crack a joke
to tell a joke. (Informal.)She's never serious. She's always cracking jokes.As long as she's cracking jokes, she's okay.
kid around (with someone)
to tease and joke with someone. (Informal.)I like to kid around with John. We are great friends.Yes, John and I used to kid around a lot.
make cracks (about someone or something)
to ridicule or make jokes about someone or something. (Informal.)Please stop making cracks about my haircut. It's the new style.Some people can't help making cracks. They are just rude.
See also LAUGHTER.
corker
n. someone or something good, funny, or entertaining.That was a real corker. I thought I'd die laughing.Tracy is quite a corker. I bet she's fun at parties.
crack
n. a joke; a smart-aleck remark.Another crack like that and your nose will be a little flatter than it is.Who made that crack?
dirty joke
n. an obscene joke.Fred told a dirty joke that shocked almost everyone.No dirty jokes around here. We get enough of that on television.
gag
n. a joke; a trick.She tells the best gags.What a great gag! Everybody will love it.
gas
n. a joke; a prank; a wild time.The party was a gas.What a gas! I had a great time.
get a buzz out of someone or something
tr. to get some humor from someone or something.I thought you'd get a buzz out of that gag.I hope you get a buzz out of Ted. He's a funny guy.
hoot
n. a joke; something laughable.The whole business was a terrific hoot.The skit was a hoot, and everyone enjoyed it.
joke
tr. to tease someone; to make fun of someone.Everybody was joking my roommate because of her accent.Don't joke me, man. I do the best I can.
josh
tr. & in. to tease someone; to kid someone.Stop joshing. Be serious.You're just joshing me!
killer
n. a very funny joke.That last one was a killer!She told a killer about a red-nosed juicer.
rib-tickler
n. a joke; something very funny.That was a real rib-tickler. I'll remember that joke.She told a rib-tickler, and everybody laughed.
riot
n. someone or something entertaining or funny.Tom was a riot last night.Her joke was a real riot.
rip snorter
n. a remarkable person or thing; a hilarious joke. (Folksy.)Old Fred is a real rip snorter.Her new car is a rip snorter, I tell you.Let me tell you a rip snorter about a farmer and his cow.Judy can tell some rip snorters.
scream
n. someone or something very funny. (Always with a.)The joke Tom told was really a scream.Tom is always a scream at parties.
stitch
n. a very funny person. (Always with a.)Harry is a stitch. What a sense of humor!Clare is a stitch, too. Her jokes can slay you.
straight man
n. someone who sets up jokes or gags so that someone else can say the punch line.I need a straight man to pick up on all my jokes.I'm tired of being a straight man for a hasbeen comic.
yak
n. a joke.That was a lousy yak.Don't tell that yak again. It's not a winner.
yuck
n. a joke.Come on! Chill out! It was just a yuck.Not a very good yuck if you ask me.