stale joke

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• stale joke — old joke, joke that is well known and overly told …   English contemporary dictionary

• stale — stale1 [stāl] adj. staler, stalest [ME, prob. via Anglo Norm < OFr estale, quiet, stagnant < Gmc * stall: for IE base see STILL1] 1. having lost freshness; made musty, dry, bad, etc. by having been kept too long; specif., a) flat; vapid;… …   English World dictionary

• stale´ness — stale1 «stayl», adjective, stal|er, stal|est, verb, staled, stal|ing. –adj. 1. that has lost some or all of its softness, flavor, or consistency through age; not fresh: » …   Useful english dictionary

• stale´ly — stale1 «stayl», adjective, stal|er, stal|est, verb, staled, stal|ing. –adj. 1. that has lost some or all of its softness, flavor, or consistency through age; not fresh: » …   Useful english dictionary

• stale — I [[t]steɪl[/t]] adj. stal•er, stal•est, 1) not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread 2) musty; stagnant: stale air[/ex] 3) hackneyed; trite: a stale joke[/ex] 4) having lost interest, initiative, or the like, as from… …   From formal English to slang

• stale — 1. adjective /steɪl/ a) Having lost its freshness from age. Stale food, for instance, is food which is still edible but has lost its deliciousness. The steak is as stale as the beer. b) No longer new; no longer interesting; established; old; …   Wiktionary

• stale — 1. adj. & v. adj. (staler, stalest) 1 a not fresh, not quite new (stale bread is best for toast). b musty, insipid, or otherwise the worse for age or use. 2 trite or unoriginal (a stale joke; stale news). 3 (of an athlete or other performer)… …   Useful english dictionary

• stale — stale1 stalely, adv. staleness, n. /stayl/, adj., staler, stalest, v., staled, staling. adj. 1. not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread. 2. musty; stagnant: stale air. 3. having lost no …   Universalium

• stale — I. /steɪl / (say stayl) adjective (staler, stalest) 1. not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread. 2. having lost novelty or interest; hackneyed; trite: a stale joke. 3. having lost fresh vigour, quick intelligence,… …  

• joke — I n. 1) to crack, tell a joke 2) to ad lib a joke 3) to play a joke on 4) to carry a joke too far 5) to take a joke (he can t take a joke) 6) to make a joke of smt. 7) a clean; coarse, crude; dirty, obscene, off color, smutty; old, stale;… …   Combinatory dictionary

• Chestnut (joke) — Chestnut is a British slang term for an old joke, often as old chestnut. The term is also used for a piece of music in the repertoire that has grown stale or hackneyed with too much repetition. A plausible explanation for the term given by the… …   Wikipedia