Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to joke
Participle: joked
Gerund: joking
Indicative
Present
| I | joke |
| you | joke |
| he;she;it | jokes |
| we | joke |
| you | joke |
| they | joke |
Perfect
| I | have joked |
| you | have joked |
| he;she;it | has joked |
| we | have joked |
| you | have joked |
| they | have joked |
Past
| I | joked |
| you | joked |
| he;she;it | joked |
| we | joked |
| you | joked |
| they | joked |
Pluperfect
| I | had joked |
| you | had joked |
| he;she;it | had joked |
| we | had joked |
| you | had joked |
| they | had joked |
Future
| I | will joke |
| you | will joke |
| he;she;it | will joke |
| we | will joke |
| you | will joke |
| they | will joke |
Future Perfect
| I | will have joked |
| you | will have joked |
| he;she;it | will have joked |
| we | will have joked |
| you | will have joked |
| they | will have joked |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | joke |
| you | joke |
| he;she;it | joke |
| we | joke |
| you | joke |
| they | joke |
Perfect
| I | have joked |
| you | have joked |
| he;she;it | have joked |
| we | have joked |
| you | have joked |
| they | have joked |
Imperfect
| I | joked |
| you | joked |
| he;she;it | joked |
| we | joked |
| you | joked |
| they | joked |
Pluperfect
| I | had joked |
| you | had joked |
| he;she;it | had joked |
| we | had joked |
| you | had joked |
| they | had joked |
Conditional
Present
| I | would joke |
| you | would joke |
| he;she;it | would joke |
| we | would joke |
| you | would joke |
| they | would joke |
Perfect
| I | would have joked |
| you | would have joked |
| he;she;it | would have joked |
| we | would have joked |
| you | would have joked |
| they | would have joked |
Imperative
| you | joke |
| we | Let's joke |
| you | joke |
Verbs conjugated like 'joke'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'joke'
boke,
coke,
hoke,
jake,
jobe,
jole,
juke,
poke,
toke,
yoke,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to do or say something for amusement rather than seriously
- jest
- kid
- tease, josh, chaff, banter
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Latin iocus (“joke, jest, pastime”), from Proto-Italic *jokos (“word, (playful?) saying”), from Proto-Indo-European *yokos (“word, utterance”), from ultimate root Proto-Indo-European *yek- (“to speak, utter”) (of which distant cognates include Proto-Celtic *yextis (“language”) (Breton yezh (“language”) and Welsh iaith (“language”)) and German Beichte (“confession”)). Cognate with French jeu, Italian gioco, Portuguese jogo, Spanish juego, Romanian joc, English Yule, Danish Jule, Norwegian Bokmål Jul, Swedish Jul, and Norwegian Nynorsk jol. See: Danish '
Jule'.
Verbs referencing "joke"
Danish
joke, Spanish
jugar, Icelandic
djóka.
Sample Sentences
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“ You 're joking, now. ” “ How do you know I am ? Didn't you just warrant him for a preacher ? Has he been examined by any synod or council ? Come, hand over your papers. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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“ I don't want you to joke, but to reason, ” said Miss Ophelia. “ There is no use in my trying to make this child a Christian child, unless I save her from all the chances and reverses of slavery; and, if you really are [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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Hey, I was joking. Mohini ! I guess I scared her.
(Geethanjali Malli Vachindi)