joked
past simple and past participle ofjoke
| 单词 | joked |
| 释义 | joked past simple and past participle ofjoke joke verb[I] uk/dʒəʊk/us/dʒoʊk/B1 to sayfunnythings: They joked andlaughedas theylookedat thephotos. It's moreseriousthan youthink, sopleasedon't jokeaboutit. [+ speech]"I didn'texpectto be out sosoon", he joked, afterspendingninemonthsinhospital. B1 If youthinkthat someone is joking, youthinkthat they do not reallymeanwhat they say: Ithoughthe was joking when he said Helen waspregnant, but she really is. She wasn't joking(= she wasserious)when she said she was going tomoveout of thehouse. to tease someone
Humour & humorous
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Not believing Idiomsjoking apart/aside only joking! you must be joking you're joking! Examplesofjokedjoked In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. She seems to havejokeda good deal about the king and his inadequacies with her closest confidantes. From theCambridge English Corpus We eventuallyjokedamongst ourselves asking, what is the morning version, the afternoon version, the evening version? From theCambridge English Corpus A colleaguejokedto me the other day that time-series econometricians have won finance but lost macro. From theCambridge English Corpus Hejokedand seemed at ease with everyone. From theCambridge English Corpus She complained that her husband did not do his share of household chores, many of which, shejoked, have been 'outsourced', so that take-away meals are now routine. From theCambridge English Corpus But his wife, under the impression that he had been fishing, put him out of the house when hejokedabout how plentiful the morning's catch had been. From theCambridge English Corpus Most participants readily acknowledged andjokedabout these aspects of 'forced community'. From theCambridge English Corpus Rocha was his ' best campaign chief, ' hejoked. From theCambridge English Corpus One regular clientjokedthat before a burglary he always took a bath so that he could make a clean getaway. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 One manjokedthat he had deliberately put a dirty vehicle on to the testing pit to give me a true baptism. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 You will remember something about which we havejokedprivately since your first election. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 When he was told that he would get a bodyguard, hejokedabout it to friends and to his wife. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He evenjoked—ha, ha—afterwards that he would be prepared to pay those councillors more generous expenses. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Hejokedthat it was the punch he gave his ex-wife. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 What is beingjokedabout to-day? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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