japing

present participle of jape

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Verb
  • When Brian Kilmeade complained about the size, joking that sandwiches this large often require a fork, Han offered some playful advice.
    Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Mars just kind of came joking around because that sounds bigger than life.
    Jodi Guglielmi, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Jean followed her gaze out the window, to where Wole was bantering with Jean’s brother Sylvester and Jerrald and some of Jerrald’s cousins who’d been staying with them since Katrina, the summer before.
    David Wright Faladé, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025
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“Japing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/japing. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.

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