Translations for „jokes“ in the English » Polish Dictionary

I . joke [ʤəʊk, Am ʤoʊk] N

1. joke (sth funny):

joke

dowcip m

joke

kawał m

to crack [or tell] a joke

opowiadać [perf opowiedzieć] dowcip

to do sth for a joke

robić [perf z-] coś dla żartu

to play a joke on sb

płatać [perf s-] komuś kawał

it's getting beyond a joke

to przestaje być śmieszne

2. joke inf (sth very easy):

it's no joke

to nie żarty mpl

3. joke inf (thing, person):

joke

pośmiewisko nt

what a joke!

co za bezsens!

Phrases:

the joke was on me

wygłupiłem się

II . joke [ʤəʊk, Am ʤoʊk] VB intr

joke

żartować [perf za-]

Usage examples with jokes

the butt of jokes

pośmiewisko nt

to crack jokes

opowiadać kawały

her speech was sprinkled with jokes fig

jej przemówienie było pełne dowcipów

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

At the museum, two of the security guards there are playing with static electricity jokes.

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They are known for play fighting, telling jokes, trying to do things simultaneously and their signature jolly laughter.

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The pair celebrate their adrenalin-fueled escapade at a restaurant, cracking jokes about the bikers.

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Uyi and his wife just got back from a friend's house-warming where they had so much fun eating, drinking and sharing jokes.

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The japes or practical jokes of the novel begin with a statue's unconventional decapitation.

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It captures that unmerited sense of ownership, that confident unaccountability, those menacing, charmless jokes.

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He is a rambunctious redhead, who is sometimes fond of jokes although he doesn't usually do them to hurt someone's feelings.

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She also remarked that the host opened with a series of jokes that were bona fide winners, landing on just the right tone: confident but not cocksure.

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She harshly instructs the comic to just keep telling jokes and leave the business end to her.

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This grammatical form is especially used when telling jokes, or narrating stories.

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