joking

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒəʊkɪŋ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒoʊkɪŋ/

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Verb

joking

1. present participle and gerund of joke
2. (British, US, Ireland, colloquial, transitive) Kidding, trying to fool.

   Twenty euros cover charge? You're joking me!

Noun

joking (plural jokings)

1. The act of telling or engaging in jokes.
   • 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:

     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 […]

Derived terms

• all joking aside

Anagrams

• jingko