Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - joker
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Joker
joker
~ n 1 informal someone who behaves in a way you think is stupid (Some joker had nailed it to the floor.) 2 a playing card that has no fixed value and is only used in some card games 3 someone who makes a lot of jokes 4 the joker in the pack something or someone whose effect on future events cannot be known
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1.
(jokers) 1. Someone who is a joker likes making jokes or doing amusing things. He is, by nature, a joker, a witty man with a sense of fun. N-COUNT 2. The joker in a pack of playing cards is the card which does not belong to any of the four suits. N-COUNT 3. You can call someone a joker if you think they are behaving in a stupid or dangerous way. (INFORMAL) Keep your eye on these jokers, you never know what they will come up with. = idiot N-COUNT c darkgreen]disapproval 4. If you describe someone or something as the joker in the pack, you mean that they are different from the other people or things in their group, and can be unpredictable. PHRASE ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
2.
noun Date: 1729 1. a. a person given to joking ; wag b. fellow, guy; especially an insignificant, obnoxious, or incompetent person a shame to let a ~ like this win — Harold Robbins 2. a playing card added to a pack as a wild card or as the highest-ranking card 3. a. (1) an ambiguous or apparently immaterial clause inserted in a legislative bill to make it inoperative or uncertain in some respect (2) an unsuspected, misleading, or misunderstood clause, phrase, or word in a document that nullifies or greatly alters it b. something (as an expedient or stratagem) held in reserve to gain an end or escape from a predicament c. an unsuspected or not readily apparent fact, factor, or condition that thwarts or nullifies a seeming advantage ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
3.
n. 1 a person who jokes. 2 sl. a fellow; a man. 3 a playing-card usu. with a figure of a jester, used in some games esp. as a wild card. 4 US a clause unobtrusively inserted in a bill or document and affecting its operation in a way not immediately apparent. 5 an unexpected factor or resource. Phrases and idioms the joker in the pack an unpredictable factor or participant. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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5.
Джокер Злой гений, злодей "с улыбкой смерти на лице", извечный враг супергероя Бэтмена Batman ...Англо-русский лингвострановедческий словарь
6.
1. шутник, балагур; любитель рассказывать анекдоты 2. дополнительная карта (в колоде); джокер (в покере) 3. запасной козырь (о доводе, обстоятельстве и т. п.) 4. сл. двусмысленная фраза или статья в законе 5. неожиданная трудность 6. разг. подвох 7. разг. трюк, уловка, хитрый прием to pull a joker on smb. —- провести кого-л. 8. разг. неодобр. умник, человек себе на уме; проныра, ловкач 9. разг. пренебр. тип, личность; фигура, фрукт (о человеке) it's a shame to let a joker like that win —- просто позор, что такой тип вышел в победители don't trust that joker —- не доверяй этому типу ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
7.
noun 1) шутник 2) sl. человек, парень 3) джокер (в покере) 4) amer. двусмысленная фраза/статья в законе 5) непредвиденное обстоятельство, так или иначе влияющее на ход дела ...Англо-русский словарь
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