joking

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UK/ˈd͡ʒəʊkɪŋ/US/ˈd͡ʒoʊkɪŋ/

verb

Kidding, trying to fool.

“Twenty euros cover charge? You're joking me!”

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sportjestingjocosejocularhumoroushumourous
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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of joke
  2. IrelandUKUScolloquialtransitiveKidding, trying to fool.

    Twenty euros cover charge? You're joking me!

nounjoking (plural jokings)

plural jokings

  1. The act of telling or engaging in jokes.

    No low beatings and knockings about, no jokings and squeakings like your precious Punches, but always the same, with a constantly unchanging air of coldness and gentility[…]

    1840 April – 1841 November, Charles Dickens, “(please specify the chapter number or name)”, in The Old Curiosity Shop. A Tale. […], London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1841, →OCLC

    Synonyms: sport

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe act of telling or engaging in jokes.

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sport

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivecharacterized by jokes and good humor

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jestingjocosejocularhumoroushumourous
Also see
jestingjocosejocular

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Cite this entry
APA

joking. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/joking

MLA

“joking.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/joking. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “joking,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/joking.

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