Joking - English meaning

Joking – definitions in English dictionary

adjective
Humorous or flippant.
Usage examples:
A joking manner

verb
Make jokes; talk humorously or flippantly.
Usage examples:
She could laugh and joke with her colleagues
Synonims:
Tell jokes Crack jokes Jest Banter Quip Wisecrack Josh Fool Fool about Fool around Play a prank Play a trick Play a joke Play a practical joke Tease Hoax Pull someone's leg Mess someone about

verb
Present participle of joke
Usage examples:
They joked and laughed as they looked at the photos., it's more serious than you think, so please d…

Joking translation into English

Joking: translate from English into Chinese

开玩笑, 玩, 戏, 敖

Joking: translate from English into Dutch

Grapje, Schertsen, Grappen maken, Grapjes maken, Voor de gek houden, Plagen met, Gekheid maken

Joking: translate from English into French

Plaisanterie

Joking: translate from English into German

Scherzen, Witze, Scherzhaft, Spaßend

Joking: translate from English into Hindi

मजाक कर रहा है, हंसी करना, ठट्ठा करना, मज़ाक करना, हंसी ठठ्ठा करना, हंसी मजाक करना, ठट्ठा उड़ाना, ठट्ठा मारना

Joking: translate from English into Italian

Scherzando, Scherzoso

Joking: translate from English into Korean

농담, 놀리다, 농담을 하다

Joking: translate from English into Russian

Шутка, Шутливый

Joking: translate from English into Spanish

Bromas, Humorístico, Guasón, Chistas

Word origin

late 17th century (originally slang): perhaps from Latin jocus ‘jest, wordplay’.

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Joking – similar words

joked

verb
Make jokes; talk humorously or flippantly.
Usage examples:
She could laugh and joke with her colleagues

noun
A thing that someone says to cause amusement or laughter, especially a story with a funny punchline.
Usage examples:
She was in a mood to tell jokes

Joked - all meanings in English

joke

noun
A thing that someone says to cause amusement or laughter, especially a story with a funny punchline.
Usage examples:
She was in a mood to tell jokes

verb
Make jokes; talk humorously or flippantly.
Usage examples:
She could laugh and joke with her colleagues

noun
Something, such as an amusing story or trick, that is said or done in order to make people laugh
Usage examples:
He told a joke about a farmer and a lawyer that made nicholas burst into laughter., the playing con…

Joke - all meanings in English

Joking synonims

banter

noun
The playful and friendly exchange of teasing remarks.
Usage examples:
There was much good-natured banter

verb
Exchange remarks in a good-humoured teasing way.
Usage examples:
The men bantered with the waitresses

noun
Conversation that is not serious and is often playful
Usage examples:
That kind of banter isn’t appropriate at work.

Banter - all meanings in English

fool

noun
A person who acts unwisely or imprudently; a silly person.
Usage examples:
I felt a bit of a fool

verb
Trick or deceive (someone); dupe.
Usage examples:
He fooled nightclub managers into believing he was a successful businessman

adjective
Foolish; silly.
Usage examples:
That damn fool waiter

Fool - all meanings in English

hoax

noun
A humorous or malicious deception.
Usage examples:
The evidence had been planted as part of an elaborate hoax

verb
Trick or deceive (someone).
Usage examples:
I now have reason to believe that in unraveling a hoax i was hoaxed myself.

Hoax - all meanings in English

jest

noun
A thing said or done for amusement; a joke.
Usage examples:
He laughed uproariously at his own jest

verb
Speak in a joking way.
Usage examples:
You jest, surely?

noun
A joke
Usage examples:
We were able to laugh aloud at every jest., his remarks about the beatles were in jest.

Jest - all meanings in English

josh

verb
Tease (someone) in a playful way.
Usage examples:
He loved to josh people

noun
Good-natured banter.
Usage examples:
We found him tired-eyed and peaked—not a man for josh and chatter

abbreviation
Joshua (in biblical references).

Josh - all meanings in English

quip

noun
A witty remark.
Usage examples:
Peter ate heartily with a quip about being a condemned man

verb
Make a witty remark.
Usage examples:
‘flattery will get you nowhere,’ she quipped

Quip - all meanings in English

tease

verb
Make fun of or attempt to provoke (a person or animal) in a playful way.
Usage examples:
I used to tease her about being so house-proud

noun
A person who makes fun of someone playfully or unkindly.
Usage examples:
Some think of him as a tease who likes to keep others guessing

verb
Mock or make fun of playfully

Tease - all meanings in English

wisecrack

noun
A witty remark or joke.
Usage examples:
She could pinpoint the absurdity of every situation with a snappy wisecrack

verb
Make a witty remark or joke.
Usage examples:
Katherine wisecracked until her last breath

noun
A remark that criticizes someone or something in a humorous way

Wisecrack - all meanings in English

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