English-Czech translations for joke

• vtip
  (To byl vtip, paní předsedkyně.) (That's a joke, Madam President).
  Bohužel je to vtip docela špatný. Unfortunately, it is rather a sick joke.
  Nebo snad šlo o špatný novoroční vtip? Or perhaps this was just a bad New Year's joke?
• žert
  Společný konsolidovaný základ daně z příjmů právnických osob je opravdu povedený žert. The CCCTB, the Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base, is a real joke.
  Omlouvání navrženého rozhodnutí z hlediska nákladů zní jako žert. Justifying the proposed decision on grounds of costs sounds like a joke.
  Vyzývám Radu a Komisi, aby tedy braly tento přezkum skutečně vážně, aby jej nepovažovaly za nějaký žert. I call on the Council and the Commission to really take this review seriously, then, rather than regarding it as a bit of a joke.
• klaun
• šašek
• vtípek
• vtípkovat
• žertík
• žertovat

Definition of joke

• An amusing story
• Something said or done for amusement, not in seriousness
• The root cause or main issue, especially an unexpected one
• To do or say something for amusement rather than seriously
• '''To dupe in a friendly manner for amusement; to mess with, play with
• To make merry with; to make jokes upon; to rally

Examples

• It was a joke!
• Your effort at cleaning your room is a joke.
• The president was a joke.
• I didn’t mean what I said — I was only joking.
• Relax, man, Im just joking with you.
• to joke a comrade

Related words

• joker
• jokes
• jokey
• jokester
• in-joke
• metajoke
• joke#Inglese|joke
• joke shop
• joke around