joking

English

Pronunciation
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈdʒowkɪŋ/

Verb

joking

  1. present participle of joke
  2. (Britain, US, Ireland, colloquial, transitive) Kidding, trying to fool.
    Twenty euros cover charge? You're joking me!

Noun

joking (plural jokings)

  1. The act of telling or engaging in jokes.
    • Charles Dickens, The Old Curiosity Shop
      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 […]

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