variants
or yucking
as in joking
to make jokes
pay no mind to those clowns—they are just yukking it up and don't mean any harm
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joking
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The romantic energy is strong, but so is the temptation to avoid emotional clarity by joking your way through serious feelings.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
12 May 2026 -
But Fonda was simply joking, the actress and activist said while kicking off the opening night of the TCM Classic Film Festival on April 30.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
1 May 2026
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“Yukking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yukking. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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