An amusing story. / Something said or done for amusement, not in seriousness. / (figuratively) The root cause or main issue, especially an unexpected one

(intransitive) To do or say something for amusement rather than seriously. / (intransitive, followed by with) To dupe in a friendly manner for amusement; to mess with, play with.

simple past tense and past participle of joke

plural of joke

(UK, MTE, slang) Really good. / (UK, MTE, slang) funny or entertaining.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of joke

The condition or quality of being jokeful; jocularity

Characterised by joking and jocularity; jocular; light-hearted

(rare, nonstandard) jokingly

Synonym of inside joke (“a joke that is understood or meant to be understood only by certain people who are aware of the details”)