joshing 1 of 3

joshing

2 of 3

noun

joshing

3 of 3

verb

present participle of josh

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of joshing
Noun
The humorous joshing and teasing that came out of their initial love just gets worse and worse. H. Alan Scott, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for joshing
Noun
  • According to The New York Times, Chappelle — who has been under fired for his transphobic jokes in the past — used his comedy set at the Riyadh Comedy Festival to speak about the lack of freedom of speech in the United States, especially in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s killing.
    Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2025
  • People taking offense at jokes simply didn’t land as a news story anymore.
    David Weigel, semafor.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Pat Kelsey wasn't kidding about wanting the smoke.
    Leo Bertucci, The Courier-Journal, 2 Sep. 2025
  • In 2019, Lebanese depositors discovered that their banking system had, in effect, just been kidding about those savings accounts.
    Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
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
Noun
  • In fact, the toddler's laugh can actually be heard on the record.
    Mark Gray, PEOPLE, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Like most anthologies, horror or otherwise, they can be hit or miss, though just about every one of the individual segments in the franchise is good for a scare or at least a laugh.
    A.A. Dowd, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • As of this writing, there's no official trailer for Interview With the Vampire season 3, though AMC did drop a teaser teasing Lestat's life as a rock icon.
    Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Emerald Fennell is teasing her film adaptation of Wuthering Heights, which garnered significant attention following the release of the trailer earlier this month.
    Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But rather than light-hearted banter, the messages took a cruel turn.
    Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 5 Oct. 2025
  • By contrast, Accra, the nation’s capital, with its Parliamentary Building and Black Star Square, is enlivened by streams of mellow banter and commerce.
    Edna Bonhomme, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The action flows, the badinage is fast and fun.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Each bus has a pair of hosts, whose badinage is corny but crowd-pleasing.
    Patricia Marx, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
Noun
  • At one point, O’Steen was confused by a question, and the resulting back-and-forth was reminiscent of an Abbott and Costello repartee.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Hoffman and Jonsson are both brilliant, vulnerable in their humanity in the face of such unfathomable conditions, but their repartee does seem forced and often maudlin.
    Gregory Nussen, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2025

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“Joshing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/joshing. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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