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Meanings of joker in English

Catalan
bromista

A person who enjoys telling or playing jokes.

bromista

Someone who makes jokes.

A person who does something thoughtless or annoying.

Usage of joker in English
1
Heir-of-Mao's joker is that the price rise is for export sales only.
Jem
2
The joker dropped down from the branch almost on top of them.
The Boy Scout Treasure Hunters; Or, The Lost Treasure of Buffalo...
3
Now then, here lies the joker, the secret of the whole proposition.
The Iron Trail
4
He took a couple of strides and halted behind the unsuspecting joker.
The Entire Project Gutenberg Works of Mark Twain
5
Somebody trying to be a joker brought a PSP to the event.
Wired
6
But somehow I don't expect to find Pete's joker listed in it.
The Rhesus Chart
7
Two hours later my joker was wrapped and I was balling her.
Black Deutschland
8
He would think the man a joker of a very feeble description.
A Tramp's Notebook
9
Donncha O'Callaghan is reneging on his former life as a practical joker.
The Irish Times
10
Gang joker Jeff Hall recalls: We were pretty crap to start with.
The Guardian
11
Whatever this joker had in mind, I was having none of it.
Outlander
12
So here was the joker held in reserve by the rival crew!
O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920
13
This looks a little like a joke but who is the joker?
Jane Allen, Junior
14
Whenever I call for the joker, Matt, I want you to come.
The Furnace of Gold
15
How the greatest joker of the age did enjoy that summer warfare!
Mark Twain: A Biography. Volume I, Part 2: 1866-1875
16
And this Yegor Ivanovich is such a simple fellow, such a joker!
Mother
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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