joker

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A person who makes jokes.
A funny person.
A jester.
A playing card that features a picture of a joker (that is, a jester) and that may be used as a wild card in some card games.
Something kept in reserve that can be used to gain an advantage; a trump card.
An unspecified, vaguely disreputable person.
A loser.
A man.
A clause in a contract that undermines its apparent provisions.
A friendly unit that acts as a suspected hostile unit in a military excercise.
The option, in a pub quiz, of selecting one particular round in which one's team will score double points.
A fairy chess piece that moves like the last piece that was moved by the opponent.

name

A fictional villain of DC Comics, noted for his insanity and cunning, who either wears clown makeup or is disfigured to appear as such, and who is archenemy of Batman.

/ˈd͡ʒəʊkə/ /ˈd͡ʒoʊkɚ/ En-au-joker.ogg

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From joke + -er, but in the sense of a playing card possibly by alteration of German Jucker, also the origin of the name of the card game euchre.

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