half joke
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half joke
noun half jokes · half-joke
- A statement which contains elements of both jest and seriousness. "Well, let's wait. Perhaps the shooting will die out." "Maybe the soldiers and settlers will die out with it," I say, another half-joke.
verb half jokes · half joking · half joked · half-joke
- To make a half joke. "You know why I think you're working with Cristos? Because once I was captured, once he got what he wanted, it would be far easier to pin it all on me, to kill my wife, dump her body where it would never be found, convince me and the world that I was crazy, no trial, just lock me up in a padded room
Talk about this word "half joke." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/half%20joke. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. half joke. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/half%20joke "half joke." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/half%20joke.
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@misc{half_joke_2026,
title = {half joke},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/half%20joke},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
