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kidding

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verb

present participle of kid

kidding

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noun

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of kidding
Adjective
Maybe Happy Ending Just kidding. Tom Smyth, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
Noun
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 And the creators aren't kidding about the show's sci-fi elements. EW.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for kidding
Verb
  • Many users commiserated over the delay, many joking about the United States Postal Service and the mysteries of lost mail.
    Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Reid made light of the incident, joking that Kelce caught him off balance.
    Jesse Newell, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Despite initially teasing a retirement from touring back in 2022, the band has decided to reverse course and get their wigs back into fighting shape.
    Devon Ivie, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
  • The singer has been busy lately teasing the follow-up to his 2022 sophomore LP, Faith in the Future, telling fans earlier this month that the untitled album is nearly complete.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 24 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Still, the DoE’s X post drew millions of views and many mocking replies, including a community note reminding readers that batteries exist to store power when the sun isn’t shining or the wind isn’t blowing.
    Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2025
  • More Photo by Ian Maule/Getty Images After Atlanta's preseason win to the Dallas Cowboys, an opposing Cowboys fan echoed the mocking mispronunciation of Penix's name that caught the quarterback's attention.
    Cecil Merkerson, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Still, the good-natured ribbing never let up.
    Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 20 Sep. 2025
  • Beverly Hills Estate’s Rayni Williams proved particularly adept at guessing the correct agents, though she was occasionally drowned out by the good-natured ribbing of jokesters Aaron Kirman and Matt Altman.
    Hadley Meares, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The uproar was centered around conservative outcry over a joke Kimmel told last week about the suspect accused of shooting Charlie Kirk.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 26 Sep. 2025
  • This leads to many, many, many jokes about Chad’s diminished mental capacity, including references to Radio, Slingblade and more.
    Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 26 Sep. 2025

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“Kidding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kidding. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.

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