Definisi : vi bergurau, berseloroh, berlawak, melawak: he was only joking, dia hanya bergurau; joking /apart, aside/, sungguh-sungguhlah, betul-betullah: joking apart, what do you think of the idea?, sungguh-sungguhlah, apa fikiranmu ttg gagasan ini?; you must be joking, takkanlah: “How much did he give you? Two hundred ringgit?” “You must be joking!”, “Berapa dia bagi kamu? Dua ratus ringgit?” “Takkanlah!”. (Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan)
Definisi : bergurau: he is one of those who can’t take a ~, dia salah seorang yg tdk dapat diajak bergurau; /take st for, treat st as/ a ~, menganggap sst sebagai /jenaka, gurauan/; /tell, crack, make/ a ~, berjenaka, melawak: he is fond of telling ~s, dia suka berjenaka; (Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan)
Definisi : (not enjoyable) bukan seronok: taking care of twenty children was certainly no ~, bukan mudah menjaga dua puluh orang kanak-kanak; getting married is no ~, berkahwin bukan perkara kecil; it was no ~ being constantly in the limelight, bukan seronok menjadi tumpuan perhatian ramai; play a ~ on so., mempermain-mainkan sso; see the ~, memahami jenaka: he laughed although he did not see the ~, dia ketawa walaupun dia tdk memahami jenaka itu; standing ~, bahan ketawa; take a ~, dapat diajak (Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan)
Definisi : the ~ is on so., persendaan itu berbalik pd sso; the ~ is that..., yg /menggelikan hati, lucunya/,...; do st for a ~, bergurau, melawak, berseloroh: I did it for a ~, saya hanya bergurau; have a ~ with so., /bergurau, melawak, berseloroh/ dgn sso: he was having a ~ with his friend when I arrived, dia sedang berseloroh dgn kawannya apabila saya tiba; make a ~ about /so., st/, mempersendakan: he made a ~ about his baldness, dia mempersendakan kepala lelaki yg botak itu; be no ~, (not easy) bukan /mudah, senang/; (a serious matter) bukan perkara kecil; (Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan)
Definisi : n 1. humorous anecdote, jenaka: a book of ~s, buku jenaka; that’s a good ~, lucu sungguh jenaka itu; 2. st said or done in jest, melawak, bergurau, berseloroh: it was only a ~, saya hanya bergurau; no more of your ~s, sudahlah, jangan bergurau lagi; 3. laughing stock, bahan ketawa: he was the ~ of his office after that, selepas peristiwa itu, dia menjadi bahan ketawa rakan sepejabatnya; (Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan)