simple past tense and past participle of half-joke

simple past tense and past participle of half joke

Alternative form of half joke

present participle of half joke

Alternative form of half joke

One of a class of childish jokes told as a dialog, and usually including a pun, in the following form:

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.

Alternative spelling of knock-knock joke

(theater, film, television) A joke that intentionally draws attention to the illusion of separation between the audience and the fiction itself.

Whenever a person is joking, they are actually disguising thoughts and emotions, either subconsciously or deliberately.