Did I tell you the joke about the chicken crossing the road?

She spent the evening cracking (= telling) jokes and telling funny stories.

She tied his shoelaces together for a joke.

I hope Rob doesn't tell any of his dirty jokes (= jokes about sex) when my mother's here.

He tried to do a comedy routine, but all his jokes fell flat (= no one laughed at them).

Don't you get (= understand) the joke?

Our new teacher's a joke - he can't even control the class.

The new software is a complete joke - it keeps crashing.

The test was a joke (= was very easy) - everyone finished in less than an hour.

They joked and laughed as they looked at the photos.

It's more serious than you think, so please don't joke about it.

[ + speech ] "I didn't expect to be out so soon", he joked, after spending nine months in hospital.

I thought he was joking when he said Helen was pregnant, but she really is.

She wasn't joking (= she was serious) when she said she was going to move out of the house.

He told a joke about a farmer and a lawyer that made Nicholas burst into laughter.

The playing conditions on the muddy field were a joke.

The midterm exam was a joke (= too easy).

[ I ] He joked about how I was always cleaning.

[ + that clause ] They’ve always joked that the place is so wet, the bullfrogs have to sit on the fences.