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joking

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verb

present participle of joke

joking

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noun

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of joking
Noun
For myself and many of my classmates, the four-story Forever 21 in Times Square was the most exciting part of our senior-class trip to New York City—not joking! Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 18 Mar. 2025 And, everyone was joking about it behind his back. Todd Nordstrom, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025 Of course, Martin and Short played right into the bit, with Short playfully falling to the floor after joking about how heavy the trophy was (multiple stars remarked about the weight of the statue during the live ceremony). Jodi Guglielmi, Rolling Stone, 12 Mar. 2025 And here are some of the comments from fans joking about Kelce’s blocking ability off the football field. Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 11 Mar. 2025 Fans took to the comment section, joking about the billionaire and the Masked Singer host's baby-making competition. Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025 Hoffman is only joking, of course. Katie Campione, Deadline, 3 Mar. 2025 Tim Lammers Apparently, Jagger wasn’t entirely joking. Tim Lammers, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025 Leigh, who had died of cancer a month earlier, in October 2015, had often asked her caregiver to move the hefty package and made seemingly joking references to a body being kept inside of it, according to the BBC. Sean Neumann, People.com, 1 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for joking
Adjective
  • His father, observing his children’s unconventional career choices, eventually developed his own sarcastic advice for parents.
    Omaid Homayun, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
  • Idiotic rich boy Bertie Wooster gets himself into some kind of sticky situation with another rich idiot, and his quietly sarcastic, above-it-all, genius butler Jeeves inevitably gets him out of it.
    Brian Boone, Vulture, 18 June 2025
Verb
  • Seinfeld was clearly teasing, but sure enough, several headlines reported it as gospel with perhaps a mention three paragraphs in that it was intended to be humorous.
    Jenelle Riley, Variety, 6 Jan. 2025
  • From teasing his retirement to becoming a minister and everything in between, here’s a look at the Hollywood star’s year of surprises.
    Stephanie Giang-Paunon, Fox News, 5 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • All of this exploring and staying open and slow-burn nonsense left us with half the villa coupled up but stagnant — unwilling to stray but unwilling to grow — and the other half hopelessly single.
    Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 25 June 2025
  • Sadly, the label would have none of that experimental nonsense.
    Ernesto Lechner, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2025
Adjective
  • Other jurors appeared curious and quizzical, some looking at Cassie or jotting notes.
    Michael R. Sisak, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025
  • Team owner Shad Khan looked up with a quizzical expression.
    Michael Silver, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025

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“Joking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/joking. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.

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