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- Dictionaryjoking/ˈdʒəʊkɪŋ/
adjective
- 1. humorous or flippant: "a joking manner"
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JOKING definition: 1. present participle of joke 2. to say funny things: 3. If you think that someone is joking, you…. Learn more.
1. a. : something said or done to provoke laughter. especially : a brief oral narrative with a climactic humorous twist. b (1) : the humorous or ridiculous element in something. (2) : an instance of jesting : kidding. can't take a joke.
You can describe something that's funny, lighthearted, or flippant as joking. A joking manner can be a good quality in a kids' dentist and a not-so-good quality in a funeral director. A joking birthday card might tease the recipient about his advanced age, and a joking tone in an interviewer's voice keeps the mood light and playful.
JOKING meaning: 1. present participle of joke 2. to say funny things: 3. If you think that someone is joking, you…. Learn more.
the action of telling funny stories or saying amusing things. Behind all the joking, he's actually a very serious person. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Examples of 'joking' in a sentence. joking.
A joke is something said or done for the sake of exciting laughter; it may be raillery, a witty remark, or a prank or trick: to tell a joke. jest, today a more formal word, nearly always refers to joking language and is more suggestive of scoffing or ridicule than is joke: to speak in jest.
1. Something said or done to evoke laughter or amusement, especially an amusing story with a punch line. 2. A mischievous trick; a prank: played a joke on his roommate. 3. Something that is of ludicrously poor quality: Their delivery service is a joke. 4. Informal. a. Something not to be taken seriously; a triviality: The accident was no joke. b.
something, such as a funny story or trick, that is said or done in order to make people laugh: Did I tell you the joke about the chicken crossing the road? She spent the evening cracking (= telling) jokes and telling funny stories. She tied his shoelaces together for a joke.
noun. the action of telling funny stories or saying amusing things. Behind all the joking, he's actually a very serious person. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Examples of 'joking' in a sentence. joking.
The earliest known use of the noun joking is in the late 1600s. OED's earliest evidence for joking is from 1670, in the writing of John Eachard, college head. joking is formed within English, by derivation.
