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Jewish
Adjective
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If you are Jewish then you are a Jew.
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# If you are Jewish you believe or follow the religion called Judaism.
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#: He changed his religion and became Jewish.
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# If you are Jewish you are part of the group of people called Jews. To some people, the Jews are a race (or like a race); you are Jewish if your mother was Jewish.
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#: She is not religious but still calls herself Jewish because of her family.
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If something is Jewish it has to do with Judaism or with Jewish culture. This can also used for things that have to do with Jews.
Gefilte, a kind of fish, is a Jewish food.
The Talmud is a Jewish religious book.
Israel is a Jewish country.
Sternberg is a typically Jewish name.
joke
Noun
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If you tell a joke, you say something to make people laugh.
Trevor's joke about the boring lexicographer was too funny.
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If something is a joke, it is not considered seriously.
Don't listen to Joseph. He's a joke. Nobody pays any attention to him.
joke
Verb
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When you joke about something, you say something funny that you don't really mean.
Everyone joked about how bad his tennis was.
I wasn't joking about burning my shoes.
Because I have a dog, I joke with my friends about their boring cats.
The coach joked that he would fire his whole team.
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You say "you must be joking" when somebody tells you something that's very hard to believe.
"She's forty three." "Forty three?! You must be joking. She looks like she's sixteen."