JOKER
- one who jokes (to say something amusing) [n -S]
- person who jokes
- 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
- clause or expression inserted in a legislative bill with the unavowed object of defeating the ostensible purpose of the bill if passed
- ambiguous or apparently immaterial clause inserted in a legislative bill to make it inoperative or uncertain in some respect
- one that jokes (to say something amusing) [n JOKERS]
- a person given to joking wag
- insignificant, obnoxious, or incompetent person a shame to let a joker like this win Harold Robbins
- playing card added to a pack as a wild card or as the highest-ranking card
- unsuspected, misleading, or misunderstood clause, phrase, or word in a document that nullifies or greatly alters it
- unsuspected or not readily apparent fact, factor, or condition that thwarts or nullifies a seeming advantage