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as in kidded
to make fun of in a good-natured way
don't get all hot and bothered! I'm just joshing you
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as in joked
to make jokes
a very outgoing man who joshes with everyone he meets
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During an appearance on Today With Jenna & Friends, Cummings, 43, candidly joked about her experience with postpartum depression after welcoming her son Henry back in December 2023, sharing that her struggles even inspired the name of her ongoing Big Baby tour.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
5 Sep. 2025 -
A couple renovating a 130-year-old home was delighted to discover a music box in the attic, although numerous commenters—drawing from various horror movies—joked that the couple was about to have bigger problems.—
Thomas Westerholm,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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The announcement was made during a special episode of Alex Cooper’s Call Her Daddy podcast, which previously teased the shakeup in an Instagram post the night prior.—
Kelsie Gibson,
PEOPLE,
11 Sep. 2025
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Of all the elements of their final fight teased in the show’s opening sequence, only the pool and the bloodied heel are of consequence.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Joshed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/joshed. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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