1. (a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
"he told a very funny joke"
"he knows a million gags"
"thanks for the laugh"
"he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest"
"even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point")
joke, gag, laugh, jest, jape
synonim: dowcip
synonim: żart

2. (a substantial amount
"we won a chunk of money")
chunk: : synonim: szmat

3. ( (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
"a batch of letters"
"a deal of trouble"
"a lot of money"
"he made a mint on the stock market"
"see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"
"it must have cost plenty"
"a slew of journalists"
"a wad of money")
batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad: :

(żart, dowcip) joke
(sztuczka) trick
zrobić komuś ~ to play a joke/trick on sb
opowiadać ~ły to tell jokes
głupi ~ (oszukaństwo) hoax
nieprzyzwoity ~ dirty joke
(duża część czegoś) piece, chunk, slab
~ czasu ages, long time
~ drania rogue
~ drogi miles
~ grosza pretty penny

n masc C
1. (żart) joke
gag
jest
leg-pull: pieprzny ~spicy/dirty/indecent joke
zrobić komuś ~ to play a trick on sb.
2. (duża część) piece
lump
hunk
~ chłopa lusty fellow
strapping
hunky man
~ drania what a bastard! big scoundrel
~ roboty a large part of work

m piece, lump (dowcip) joke
fig.
kawał z brodą - an old chestnut, stale joke (psota) practical joke
brzydki kawał - foul trick
zrobić komuś kawał - to play a trick on sb (oszukać kogoś) to bamboozle sb

PIECE

LENGTH

STORY

LEG-PULL

STUNT

JOKE

m piece, lump
pot. (dowcip) joke
(psota) practical joke
brzydki ~ foul trick

chunk

lark

slab

sod