knock knock joke

Noun

Meaning

knock knock joke (plural knock knock jokes)

Alternative spelling of knock-knock joke

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knock-knock joke (plural knock-knock jokes)

One of a class of childish jokes told as a dialog, and usually including a pun, in the following form:
"Knock knock."
"Who's there?"
(The teller of the joke says a name.)
(The person to whom the joke is being told repeats the name, followed by "who?")
(The teller of the joke says a pun based on the name.)

Alternative names

knock-knock joke

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