as in joking
to make jokes
spent their nights around the campfire good-naturedly jollying and telling scary stories
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The post also included a video of Ron sitting at a dinner table joking about salmon.—
Angelique Brenes,
PEOPLE,
11 June 2026 -
While Diana was clearly joking in her letters with Stamp, the former Princess of Wales was famously open about her mental health—which has had a trickle-down effect of her sons, Prince William and Prince Harry, being open about theirs.—
Rachel Burchfield,
InStyle,
9 June 2026
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“Jollying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jollying. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.
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