Definitions
a playing card that is usually printed with a picture of a jester
Word origin
From joke + -er, but in the sense of a playing card possibly by alteration of German Jucker, also the origin of the name of the card game euchre.
Used in a sentence
“Rebus decided to use their joker. 'Mr Lintz made a phone call to this office. He was talking for over twenty minutes.'”
“Tash Wilson played her 'joker' , pulling her chair so close our legs were almost touching. 'Hey, Chris, do you want to go out sometime? All you've got to do is say the word.'”
“Some joker keeps throwing eggs at my windows.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“extra card”5 letters
02“Wild card or prankster”5 letters
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