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| has gloss | (verb) tell a joke; speak humorously; "He often jokes even when he appears serious" jest, joke |
| lexicalization | eng: jest |
| lexicalization | eng: joke |
| subclass of | (verb) transmit thoughts or feelings; "He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist" intercommunicate, communicate |
| has subclass | (verb) make a play on words; "Japanese like to pun--their language is well suited to punning" pun |
| has subclass | (verb) make jokes or quips; "The students were gagging during dinner" gag, quip |
| has subclass | (verb) indulge in horseplay; "Enough horsing around--let's get back to work!"; "The bored children were fooling about" horse around, fool around, fool, arse around |
| Meaning | |
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| Mandarin Chinese | |
| lexicalization | cmn: xiào hua |
| lexicalization | cmn: 笑話 |
| lexicalization | cmn: 笑话 |
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| lexicalization | cmn: xì nong |
| lexicalization | cmn: 戏弄 |
| lexicalization | cmn: 戲弄 |
| lexicalization | cmn: wán xia |
| lexicalization | cmn: 玩狎 |
| Welsh | |
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| lexicalization | cym: jocan |
| lexicalization | cym: jocian |
| lexicalization | cym: smalio |
| German | |
| lexicalization | deu: scherzen |
| lexicalization | deu: Witze machen |
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| lexicalization | deu: spaßen |
| Esperanto | |
| lexicalization | epo: ŝerci |
| lexicalization | epo: moki |
| Finnish | |
| lexicalization | fin: vitsailla |
| lexicalization | fin: laskea leikkiä |
| French | |
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| lexicalization | fra: plaisanter |
| lexicalization | fra: blaguer |
| Hungarian | |
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| lexicalization | hun: mókázik |
| lexicalization | hun: gúnyol |
| Italian | |
| lexicalization | ita: scherzare |
| Korean | |
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| lexicalization | kor: 우롱하다 |
| Latin | |
| lexicalization | lat: iocor |
| Dutch | |
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| lexicalization | nld: schertsen |
| lexicalization | nld: grappen |
| lexicalization | nld: boerten |
| lexicalization | nld: gekscheren |
| Norwegian Bokmål | |
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| lexicalization | nob: spøke |
| Norwegian | |
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| lexicalization | nor: tøve |
| lexicalization | nor: tulle |
| Occitan (post 1500) | |
| lexicalization | oci: badinar |
| Portuguese | |
| lexicalization | por: caçoar |
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| lexicalization | por: gracejar |
| Moldavian | |
| lexicalization | ron: glumi |
| Russian | |
| lexicalization | rus: шутить |
| Castilian | |
| lexicalization | spa: bromear |
| Swedish | |
| lexicalization | swe: skämta |
| Turkish | |
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| lexicalization | tur: þaka söylemek |
| Ukrainian | |
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| lexicalization | ukr: пожартувати |
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