joker
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
joke + -er, but in the sense of a playing card possibly by alteration of Jucker, also the origin of the name of the card game euchre.
PronunciationEdit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒəʊkə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒoʊkɚ/
Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -əʊkə(ɹ)
NounEdit
joker (plural jokers)
- A person who makes jokes.
- (slang) A funny person.
- A jester.
- Synonyms: court jester, fool, jester
- A playing card that features a picture of a joker (that is, a jester) and that may be used as a wild card in some card games.
- An unspecified, vaguely disreputable person.
- Some joker keeps throwing eggs at my windows.
- (New Zealand, colloquial) A man.
- A clause in a contract that undermines its apparent provisions.
- 1922, Farm Machinery and Equipment, page lxxxiii:
- Discussion of contracts and the many provisions contained therein led to a vote making it the sense of the convention that manufacturers should use a simple sales contract, free from jokers.
- 1939, Canadian Parliament, Official Report of Debates, House of Commons, volume 218, page 858:
- Then, sir, on page 12 of the agreement there is a joker clause, which provides for payments in addition to the ten per cent, […]
- 1942, Billboard, volume 54, number 41, page 5:
- Stone claimed that there was a Joker in the contract, one clause (No. 2) calling for two weeks' notice and another (No. 8) calling for payment on a par-day basis after the first two weeks.
- 1958, Duncan Leroy Kennedy, Bill drafting, page 12:
- The object of these provisions is to prevent insertion of "jokers" or "sleepers" in bills and securing passage under the false color of the title.
- (military) A friendly unit that acts as a suspected hostile unit in a military excercise.
- 1998, APP-6A: Military Symbols for Land-Based Systems, page 9:
- Joker - A friendly track or contact acting as a "suspect" track for exercise purposes only. (STANAG 1241)
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
person who makes jokes
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jester — see fool
playing card
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See alsoEdit
See alsoEdit
Playing cards in English · playing cards (layout · text) | ||||||
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ace | deuce, two | three | four | five | six | seven |
eight | nine | ten | jack, knave | queen | king | joker |
See alsoEdit
- Wikipedia article on jokers (jesters)
- Wikipedia article on the joker (playing card)
- Wikipedia article on the Joker in Batman
AnagramsEdit
DanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
joker
- joker (playing card)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of joker
Further readingEdit
- “joker” in Den Danske Ordbog
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
joker m (plural jokers, diminutive jokertje n)
Derived termsEdit
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
joker m (plural jokers)
See alsoEdit
Playing cards in French · cartes à jouer (layout · text) | ||||||
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as | deux | trois | quatre | cinq | six | sept |
huit | neuf | dix | valet | dame | roi | joker |
Further readingEdit
- “joker”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
PolishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
joker m anim
- (card games) Alternative spelling of dżoker
DeclensionEdit
Declension of joker
Further readingEdit
PortugueseEdit
NounEdit
joker m (plural jokers)
- Alternative form of jóquer
See alsoEdit
Playing cards in Portuguese · cartas de baralho (layout · text) | ||||||
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ás | dois, duque | três, terno | quatro, quadra | cinco, quina | seis, sena | sete, bisca, manilha |
oito | nove | dez | valete | dama | rei | jóquer, coringa, curinga |
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from French joker, English joker.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
joker m (plural jokeri)