joker
English
Etymology
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.
Pronunciation
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Audio (AU): (file) - Rhymes: -əʊkə(r)
Noun
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.
- 1922, Farm Machinery and Equipment (page lxxxiii)
Related terms
See also
Translations
person who makes jokes
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jester — see fool
playing card
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See also
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 also
- Wikipedia article on jokers (jesters)
- Wikipedia article on the joker (playing card)
- Wikipedia article on the Joker in Batman
Danish
Etymology
Noun
joker
- joker (playing card)
Declension
Declension of joker
Further reading
- “joker” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
joker m (plural jokers, diminutive jokertje n)
Derived terms
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʒɔ.kɛʁ/
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Noun
joker m (plural jokers)
See also
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 reading
- “joker”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Polish
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
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Declension
Declension of joker
Portuguese
Noun
joker m (plural s)
- Alternative form of jóquer
See also
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, curinga |
Romanian
Etymology
From French joker, English joker.
Pronunciation
Noun
joker m (plural jokeri)
Declension
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