Collocations for joke - noun
ADJECTIVE
amusing,
funny,
good,
hilarious
She didn't seem to find my jokes amusing.
She didn't seem to find my jokes amusing.
old
That's an old joke—I've heard it lots of times.
That's an old joke—I've heard it lots of times.
bad,
corny,
dumb (AmE),
lame,
silly,
stupid,
unfunny
(esp. BrE)
cruel, sick
racist, sexist
crude, dirty, off-colour/off-color (esp. AmE)
inside (esp. AmE), private
They kept telling inside jokes about people I didn't know.
cruel, sick
racist, sexist
crude, dirty, off-colour/off-color (esp. AmE)
inside (esp. AmE), private
They kept telling inside jokes about people I didn't know.
running
The show features a running joke about a nosy dog.
The show features a running joke about a nosy dog.
practical
His brothers were always playing practical jokes.
His brothers were always playing practical jokes.
huge
It's all just a huge joke to you, isn't it?
It's all just a huge joke to you, isn't it?
VERB + joke
crack,
make,
tell
He's excellent at telling jokes.
He's excellent at telling jokes.
play
He's always playing jokes on people.
He's always playing jokes on people.
exchange,
have (esp. BrE),
share
She likes to share a joke with her employees.
She likes to share a joke with her employees.
hear
appreciate, enjoy, get, laugh at, like, understand
We all fell about laughing, but he didn't get the joke.
She doesn't like jokes about her height.
appreciate, enjoy, get, laugh at, like, understand
We all fell about laughing, but he didn't get the joke.
She doesn't like jokes about her height.
remember
spoil
He told us the ending, completely spoiling the joke.
spoil
He told us the ending, completely spoiling the joke.
miss
Am I missing the joke here?
Am I missing the joke here?
take
The trouble is she can't take a joke.
The trouble is she can't take a joke.
treat sth as
He treated his exams as a huge joke.
He treated his exams as a huge joke.
joke + VERB
fall flat
The audience wasn't very responsive and the jokes fell flat.
The audience wasn't very responsive and the jokes fell flat.
be on sb
I thought I'd play a trick on them, but in the end the joke was on me.
I thought I'd play a trick on them, but in the end the joke was on me.
PREPOSITION
as a joke
It was only said as a joke.
It was only said as a joke.
joke about
Have you heard the joke about the elephant and the mouse?
Have you heard the joke about the elephant and the mouse?
PHRASES
make a joke of sth
We tried to make a joke of our situation, but it wasn't really funny.
We tried to make a joke of our situation, but it wasn't really funny.