Definitions for joker

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joker jok·er

Spelling: [joh-ker]

IPA: /ˈdʒoʊ kər/

Joker is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 34 anagrams from letters in joker (ejkor).

Definitions for joker

noun

1. a person who jokes.
2. one of two extra playing cards in a pack, usually imprinted with the figure of a jester, used in some games as the highest card or as a wild card.
3. U.S. Politics. a clause or expression inserted in a legislative bill with the unavowed object of defeating the ostensible purpose of the bill if passed.
4. a seemingly minor, unsuspected clause or wording that is put into an agreement, legal document, etc., to change its effect.
5. an unexpected or final fact, factor, or condition that changes or reverses a situation or result completely:
6. any method, trick, or expedient for getting the better of another:
7. Informal. a man; fellow; chap:
8. a person who thinks he or she is very funny; prankster:
9. Informal. a wise guy; wiseacre; smart aleck:

Origin of joker

First recorded in 1720-30; joke + -er¹

Examples for joker

The series also reversed a long trend that saw the character paralyzed by the joker and confined to a wheelchair for a decade.

For guys, The joker, as immortalized by Jack Nicholson in the Batman flick, was a top choice.

In this narrative, the disgraced former President with his gaudy taste for golden toilets and exotic zoos, is cast as the joker.

Jack Nicholson was also approached to reprise his role as the joker.

But what strikes me here is that a joker should not have been satisfied with an ordinary Roman coin.

Come to think of it, what had this joker done with his clothes?

Batman and joker costumes were selling out—at $275 and $320 a piece.

Albion was "consid'able of a joker," Mr. Peaslee reflected gloomily.

The joker dropped down from the branch almost on top of them.

Albion Small, who was "consid'able of a joker," suddenly choked.