joking

verb, noun — 3 senses

joking

verb

UK /ˈd͡ʒəʊkɪŋ/ · US /ˈd͡ʒoʊkɪŋ/

1

Gerund, Participle, Present present participle and gerund of joke

2

Ireland, UK, US, Colloquial Kidding, trying to fool.

Twenty euros cover charge? You're joking me!

joking

noun

1

The act of telling or engaging in jokes.

No low beatings and knockings about, no jokings and squeakings like your precious Punches, but always the same, with a constantly unchanging air of coldness and gentility[…]1840 April – 1841 November, Charles Dickens, “(please specify the chapter number or name)”, in The Old Curiosity Shop. A Tale. […], London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1841, →OCLC:

Synonyms: sport
Derived terms: all joking aside, jokingly, unjoking

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