joke-gag

jack

jail / prison / correctional center

jam

join / together

join / combine / unite / connect / link

joke / jest / gag

judicial / judicious

jump / leap / hop / skip / spring

just

joke / jest / gag


1	joke는 말이나 행위로 웃기는 농담이나 익살, 장난을 의미한다.
1	I know a really good joke about a frog.
2	I like to tell jokes.
3	Looking for the hat that was on my head was a good joke on me.
4	The loss of my bicycle was no joke.
5	These bills are no joke.
6	She thought the joke was funny, but her cousin didn't even smile.
7	Do you want to hear a good joke?
8	We stayed up telling jokes until 2 a.m.
9	The lady thought we were playing a joke on her.
10	I don't think he gets the joke.
11	My mother always makes a joke of everything.

2	jest는 한 물 간 joke를 주로 의미한다.
1	I said you look terrible in jest; actually, you look very pretty.
2	His jests weren't very funny.
3	His words were spoken in jest.

3	gag는 연출용으로 쓰여진 Joke를 의미한다.
1	A friend told some funny gags at lunch today.
2	The comedian's gags made the audience laugh.
3	He wrote gags for the Jack Benny show.
4	The comedian's gags made me laugh.

I know a really good joke
about a frog.

His jests weren't very funny.

The comedian's gags made me laugh.