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as in teased
to make fun of in a good-natured way
everybody's kidding me about my new haircut
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as in joked
to make jokes
he always kids around about his "wild and crazy" life as an accountant
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Recent Examples of kidded
When Curt Cignetti was hired just more than two years ago, it was considered a smart move by the athletic department, but no one kidded themselves that Indiana was some sort of raucous fan sleeper cell just waiting to be activated.
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Will Leitch, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2026
Will Leitch, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for kidded
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Murphy walked onto the stage and then teased Lee’s love of the Knicks.—
John Ross,
Vanity Fair,
19 Apr. 2026
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Mythos, a new artificial intelligence model that Anthropic PBC has teased as too dangerous to release, looked at first like a problem for banks.—
Parmy Olson,
Twin Cities,
18 Apr. 2026
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Bullock joked at CinemaCon, referencing Kidman's viral AMC ad.—
Saba Hamedy,
NBC news,
17 Apr. 2026
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In one string of messages, officers used the N-word to describe Mitchell’s relatives and joked about what would happen after Concannon and Chavez’s names were made public.—
James Queally,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Apr. 2026
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“Kidded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kidded. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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