able to take a joke

To have the capacity to remain calm or be amused in response to good-natured teasing. I'm certainly able to take a joke, but what you said to me was downright mean. A: "Do you think he'll be offended if I say something about his terrible driving?" B: "Nah, he's able to take a joke."

able to take a joke

to be able to accept ridicule good-naturedly; to be able to be the object or butt of a joke willingly. (Able to can be replaced with can.) Better not tease Ann. She can't take a joke.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
GarbhÁN	GAHR-vawn	Irish
Ronen	-	Hebrew
Sebastian	ze-BAHS-tee-ahn (German), sə-BAS-chən (English), se-BAHS-tyahn (Polish), SE-bahs-tee-ahn (Finnish)	German, English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Polish, Finnish, Romanian
Chus	CHOOS	Spanish
Epiphanes	-	Ancient Greek
Sonnie	SUN-ee	English (Rare)