jokee

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noun

The person who is the subject of a joke.

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Meanings

nounjokee (plural jokees)

plural jokees

  1. The person who is the subject of a joke.

    Plus, jokers don't, as a rule, shoot at the jokees.

    2014, Becky Bartness, How to Die and Live to Tell About It
    1 more example

    We doubt not that most of our readers have acted like ourselves, on former anniversaries of a similar kind, in the double capacities of jokers and jokees, and have been alternately the victims as well as the victimisers; […]

    1853, The Dublin University Magazine, volume 41, page 403

Origin

From joke + -ee.

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APA

jokee. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jokee

MLA

“jokee.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jokee. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “jokee,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jokee.

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