Reverse Dictionary: JOKE

ADJECTIVES
► ANTIC clownish, amusing, full of tricks; given to fun, capers, or pranks; joking, playful → 1902 Amer. dial.
► ANTIC AS A JAYBIRD clownish, amusing, full of tricks; given to fun, capers, or pranks; joking, playful → 1917 Amer. dial.
► CRACKING BUT FACKING conveying hard factual information in the guise of jokes and humour → 1930 African-American sl.
► GAG joking → 1990 sl.
► HAIRY of a joke or story: old, out-of-date → 1960 Amer. dial.
► JOCATORY characterized by joking; jocular, jesting, merry → 1576 obs.
► JOCOCIOUS jocose, mirthful; humorous, fond of joking → 1790 Eng. dial.
► LEDGER of a joke, jest, etc.: constantly in use; ‘standing’, ‘stock’ → 1655 obs.
► OFF-TAKING scoffing, mocking,  sarcastic, joking, waggish → 1877 Sc.

ADVERBS
► FOR LAUGHS ► ONLY FOR LAUGHS as a joke; for the fun of it → 1950 colloq.

NOUNS (for items used to tease people as a joke, see NON-EXISTENT)
► BADGER FIGHT a practical joke in which an inexperienced person plays referee in a fake fight between a badger and a dog → 1929 Amer. dial.
► BAM a story intended to impose upon the credulous; a hoax or imposition; a trick, a joke → 1762 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► BARKER a funny joke or saying → 1975 (Bk.)
► BELLY LAUGH a joke → 1920  sl.
► BLINGER an uproarious joke → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► BOFF a successful joke → 2007 (Bk.)
► BOFFOLA ► BUFFOLA a joke that elicits loud laughter → 1947 
► BORESS a practical joke → 1970 (Bk.)
► BOURD a jest, a joke → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BREAK-OFF a joke at another’s expense → 1904 Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
► BUTTON the punch line of a joke; a zinger → 2006  sl. (Bk.)
► CAGMAG a practical joke, mischief → 19C Eng. dial.
► CAN OF COKE a joke → 1990 rhyming sl
► CAUKUM a practical joke, a foolish frolic → 1898 (Bk.)
► CHAFF-CUTTING joking, jesting, playing on words → 1890  sl. (Bk.)
► CHESTNUT an old, often repeated joke, story, musical composition, etc. → 1885 US colloq.
► COD a joke, a hoax, a parody → 20C sl., orig. Irish
► COD-ON a practical joke → 20C Irish sl.
► DANNY LA RUE anything blue, as a snooker ball, a dirty joke, or a pornographic video → 2004 UK rhyming sl. (Bk.)
► DERISION a practical joke; a hoax → 1822 Sc.
► DOG TRICK a mean or currish trick; an ill-natured practical joke → 1899 
► DUD a joke intended to be funny which falls flat → 1970 (Bk.)
► FAD a game, a joke → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FAKE ► VAKE play, amusement; a joke → 1787 Eng. dial.
► FANTIGUE a vagary, a fancy, a whim; a joke, a ‘lark’ → 1894 Eng. dial.
► FARCE a funny story, a joke → 1928 Sc.
► FIVE-FOOT YARDSTICK an imaginary object used as the basis of practical jokes → 1969 Amer. dial.
► FUNNIMENT a comical action, remark, etc.; a joke, a witticism → 1826 
► FUNNINESS a funny saying, a joke, etc.; a witticism → 1838 
► FUNNIOSITY a comical action, remark, etc.; a joke, a witticism; also, a peculiarity, an oddity → 1871 colloq.
► FUNNY a joke, a witticism; usually in plural → 1852 
► FUNNYISM a joke or witticism → 1839 
► GAG a jest, a joke → 1863 
► GAME a joke, a jest → 1393 obs.
► GAMMET ► GAMUT fun, frolic, sport; a game, joke, whim, trick → 1865 Eng. dial.
► GAMMOCK a joke, a trick, a prank; rough play → 1819 Eng. dial.
► GAMMON a joke, trick; play, sport, merriment → 1869 Eng. dial.
► GAS-ACTING foolery, practical joking → 1874 
► GASSER a joke; a prank; a wild time → 2006 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► GEGG a trick, a hoax, a practical joke → 1855 Sc.
► GOOF a joke; a surprise → 1970 US sl.
► GUT-BUSTER a hilarious joke; something very funny → 1956 colloq.
► GUY a trick or hoax; a prank, a jest, a joke → 1854 US sl.
► HAYSEED an old joke that isn’t funny any more → 1969 Amer. dial.
► HORSE an unexpected turn of fortune against someone; a rough joke at someone’s expense; a humiliating joke → 1889 US sl.
► HUMMER a joke, a prank → 1990 US sl.
► JAPE a device to amuse; a merry or idle tale; a jest, a joke, a gibe → 1340 obs.
► JAUL ► JAWL ► JOL a joke, a stunt, a game → 1980 S. Afr.
► JIG a low joke → 1896 sl. (Bk.)
► JOE a book of jokes; a joke, esp. a stale joke → L18 
► JOE MILLER a jest or joke, esp. a stale joke → 1829 
► KITTY HOP a practical joke → 1912 US criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
► LARRIE jesting, joking, a practical joke, a hoax → 1880 
► LEG PULL an attempt to mislead or deceive others in a playful way or as a joke; a trick or hoax, a practical joke → 1893 
► LEPIDITY facetiousness, wit, a jest, a joke → 1647 obs.
► MANK a prank, a trick; a practical joke → 1878 Eng. dial.
► MARLOCK ► MORLOCK a prank, frolic, a gambol, a lark; a playful trick, a practical joke → 1864 Eng. dial.
► MAWK a whim, a foolish fancy; a joke; a trick → 1790 Eng. dial.
► MAXIMS pranks, tricks, practical jokes → 1867 Eng. dial.
► MAY-GAMES tricks, frolics, antics, practical jokes; whims, fancies → 1825 Eng. dial.
► MAYLOCK a prank, frolic, a lark; a trick, a practical joke → 1864 Eng. dial.
► MOGE ► MOGUE ► MORG a joke, a humbug, a trick → 1888 Eng. dial.
► NAP a joke, jest; fun → 1885 Sc.
► NIFTY a joke, a funny story, a clever plan → 1918 US sl.
► NOTE a joke → 1891 US sl.
► OAK a joke → L19 rhyming sl.
► OLDIE any old thing or person; an old joke, story, song, or movie; an old man → 20C US sl.
► OLD SAW an old joke or story → 20C US sl.
► ONE a joke on, an act of teasing; a hoax → M19  sl.
► PAVIE a trick, a prank, a practical joke → 1698 Sc.
► PIMP a practical joke → 1970 (Bk.)
► PLISKY a mischievous escapade; a trick, a prank; a practical joke; a frolic → 1786 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► PRANG a joke or prank → 1950 
► PUNCH LINE the last line, sentence, or part of a joke that gives it meaning and humour → 1974 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► PUT-ON a joke, a hoax → M19  sl.
► RAISE a practical joke; a piece of fun and horseplay at another’s expense; a jest → 1866 Sc.
► RALLERY a jesting or playful action; a joke → 1653 obs.
► RAM a practical joke → M19 US students’ sl.
► RAMSACKING joking, rough usage → 1897 Eng. dial.
► RAT FUCK ► R.F. a practical joke → 1960 US sl.
► REAL BLINGER a good joke, a thigh-slapper → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► RIDICULE a practical joke → 1822 Sc. obs.
► RIDICULOSITY ridiculousness; a ridiculous matter; anything that arouses laughter; a jest or joke → 1725 arch.
► RIG a joke, a prank, a game; a playful and lively movement or activity → 1782 Amer. dial.
► RUNNING teasing or joking at another’s expense; a ribbing → 1833 US colloq.
► SANDY a joke → 1916 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► SELL a cheat; a practical joke; something that disappoints expectations → 1838  sl.
► SIDE-SPLITTER a joke; often ironic usage → M19  sl.
► SKIT a trick; a hoax; a practical joke → 1815 chiefly Eng. dial.
► SKITE a trick; a hoax; a practical joke → 1804 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► SNAPPER the point or risible climax of a story or joke → 1857 US sl.
► STUD-OUT a good-natured practical joke → 1970 (Bk.)
► SWIRLIE a forcibly immersing a person’s head in the bowl of a toilet as it is flushed, typically as a practical joke → 1970 
► TEAR a piece of fun, a frolic, a spree, a lark, joke, banter → 1909 Sc.
► WAGGERY 1. mischievous drollery, practical joking → 1594 
2. a piece of mischievous jesting; a practical joke → 1604 
► WAGSHIP waggery, waggishness,  mischief, practical joking → 1607 obs.
► WHEEZE an old joke → 1864 
► YACK ► YAK a joke; a laugh → 1951 US sl.
► ZINGER the punchline of a joke; the last word → 1964 US sl.

NOUNS – PERSON
► BLAGUEUR one who talks pretentiously; a joker or teller of stories → 1883 
► BUFFOON a person given to coarse or undignified joking → 1981 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► DISTILLER one who cannot take a joke → L19 Aust.
► FARCEUR a joker, a wag → 1828 
► FUN-MAKER a comedian; a jester, a joker → 1835 
► FUNSTER a person who plays pranks, or one who likes to joke around; a comedian → 1788 colloq.
► GAGGER a joker; in a theatrical context, esp. of comedians, one who ad-libs → 1841 UK sl.
► GAGGERIST a gag writer, a joke writer → 1956 
► GAGGIST a joke-teller → 1890 UK sl.
► GAG-MAN a deviser or writer of gags; also a comedian → 1928 
► GAGSTER one who makes ‘gags’ or jokes; a gag-writer or a comedian → 1935 colloq.
► GAG-WRITER a deviser or writer of gags; also a comedian → 1959 
► GAMEMAN a jester, a joker, an entertainer → 1340 obs.
► GEGGEE the person on whom a joke is played → 1856 Sc.
► GUY a comical or joking fellow; hence, a smart alec → 1862 US sl. 
► HARD CHAW an irrepressible joker → 1966 1966 Irish sl.
► HARD DOER an amusing, exciting, eccentric and/or resolute person; a ‘character’; typically one who is tough and adventurous; a joker, a wag, a comedian; one who never gives up despite any circumstances; a person who struggles valiantly against difficulties → 1894 Aust. & NZ 
► JAPER one who japes or jokes; a professional jester → 1377 
► JOKE-BOX a person who plays trick or jokes on people → 1965 Amer. dial.
► MARLOCKER one who plays a practical joke → 1865 Eng. dial.
► MERRIMENT a professional clown; a comical person, one quick at making jokes → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► RIG an amusing sort of chap; a joker; a prankster; an outrageous person → 1975 Amer. dial.
► SAD CASE one who tells unamusing jokes → 1949 Aust. & US teen sl.
► SAD DOG a merry fellow, a gay man; a man given to joking → 1865  sl.  (Bk.)
► SCREAMER a fun-loving person; a practical joker → 1970 (Bk.)
► SHAVER a humorous person, a joker → 1786 Eng. dial.
► TIFF-TAFFLE to talk in a bantering manner; to joke; to make repartee → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► WAG a buffoon; a jester; a habitual joker; a merry droll; anyone ludicrously mischievous → 1584 
► WISECRACKER one who makes wisecracks; a joker → 1924 US sl. 

PHRASES
► I FELL OFF MY DINOSAUR used to indicate that a joke is outdated → 1965 
► I FELL OUT OF MY CRADLE used to indicate that a joke is outdated → 1965 
► I FELL OUT OF MY CRIB ► I FELL OUT OF MY CRIB LAUGHING used to indicate that a joke is outdated → 1965 
► I FELL OUT OF MY HIGH CHAIR used to indicate that a joke is outdated → 1965 
► JOKE OVER a phrase used by the victim of a practical joke who wishes to indicate that they are not amused → 1960 

VERBS
► BALLYRAG to play a practical joke; to mob or hustle a person → 1898 Brit. sl. (Bk.)
► BAM to hoax, to practice on the credulity of; to deceive, to delude, to impose upon, to play a joke or trick on a person → 1738 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► BORESS to make a practical joke → 1970 (Bk.)
► CACK to joke, to have a laugh, to laugh → 1990 Aust. & US sl.
► CASE to joke about another’s characteristics or foibles → 1971 Amer. dial.
► CHAFF to talk nonsense, to joke; to banter, to tease, to make fun of; to trick, to deceive → 1872 Amer. dial.
► CHESTNUT to come out with an oft-repeated joke, anecdote, etc. → 1900 sl.
► CRACKLE to crack jokes in a small way → 1878 
► CUT THE FOOL to joke around; to behave mischievously, to act up → 1933 
► DRAW THROUGH THE WATER WITH A CAT to practice a practical joke → 1614 
► FUNK ON A DUNK to be insincere; to joke → 1990 African-American sl.
► GAG to jest, to joke → 1942 
► GAMMET to play, to frolic, to amuse oneself; to play off practical jokes; to deceive, to hoax, to take in → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GAMMON to joke, to sport, to play; to tease amicably → 1888 Eng. dial.
► GET A RIG ON to play a joke on, to make sport of → 1892 Amer. dial.
► GREEN ON ► GREEN OUT to tease, to make a fool of; to annoy with practical jokes → 1887 Amer. dial.
► HACK ► HACK ABOUT ► HACK OFF to joke, to tease → 1950 US sl.
► HAVE A RIG ON to play a joke on, to make sport of → 1859 Amer. dial.
► HAVE HAIR ON IT of a joke: to be old, worn-out, or out-of-date → 1966 US sl.
► HORSE ► HORSE AROUND to indulge in rough jokes or horseplay; to fool around; hence, to waste time in trifling activity → 1900 US sl.
► JAPE to say or do something in jest or mockery; to jest, to joke, to jeer; to make game, to make fun, to sport → 1374 
► JAUL ► JAWL ► JOL to tease, to joke → 1970 S. Afr.
► JEFF to tease, to joke with → 1960 US prison sl.
► NIFTY to quip, to joke → 1938 sl.
► PIMP to play a practical joke on someone; to treat unjustly → 1970 (Bk.)
► PLAY CAPS AND BELLS to act like a prankster; to play tricks or jokes on people → 1969 Amer. dial.
► POP OFF ► POP OFF AT THE MOUTH to joke → 1930 sl.
► PUT ON to tease; to joke with ; to deceive for one’s own gain → M19 sl.
► ROT to talk nonsense; to joke; to fool about → L19 arch. sl.
► RUN A RIG ON to play a joke on, to make sport of → 1858 Amer. dial.
► RUN A SANDY ON to make one the subject of a joke, especially of a practical joke → 1916 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► SCOG to argue, to dispute, to quarrel, to scold, to make ironical jokes → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SCONCE to joke, to ridicule; to scold → 1884 N. Ireland & Eng. dial.
► SHUCK AND JIVE to joke, to tease → 1991 African-American sl.
► SPRING to tell a joke; to introduce a witty comment → 1686 obs.
► TAKE THE PISS OUT OF of a situation or statement: to appear ludicrous, to be a joke → 1980 sl.
► WHIP THE CAT to practice a practical joke → 1847