joking
present participle ofjoke
| 单词 | joking |
| 释义 | joking present 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! Examplesofjokingjoking In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Jokingabout frailty was also a means of acknowledging the presence of death. From theCambridge English Corpus There are manyjokingreferences to her in the sessions, although the adolescents knew that she would hear these remarks. From theCambridge English Corpus Among the staff, humor andjokingtogether provided a means of negotiating the tension around hierarchical differences. From theCambridge English Corpus Such alliances can be explained in terms of friendship,jokingrelationships or relationships between a ' maternal uncle ' and a ' nephew ' (madeb-arbile).%! From theCambridge English Corpus Jokingleads to jealousy, jealousy leads to rows and rows ruin schedules. From theCambridge English Corpus All were widowed and would spend days together cooking outside for their grandchildren, gossiping andjokingwith one another. From theCambridge English Corpus Affective speech activities may include teasing, praise,joking, and ridiculing, to name only a few. From theCambridge English Corpus In the case of carework,jokingwas largely used as a means of easing situations that were otherwise embarrassing. From theCambridge English Corpus No doubt the narrator isjokingwith mock-grandiosity about the possibility of the cook's hair showing up on his dinner plate. From theCambridge English Corpus Officers had to share uniforms, those left behindjokingthat they had to stay in bed until their trousers were returned. From theCambridge English Corpus Jokingand joke making constituted the most common form of defence and social control. From theCambridge English Corpus When committing scale errors, children appear to be completely serious, with no indication of pretense orjoking. From theCambridge English Corpus Men, on the other hand, utilize the genres of 'visiting', 'joking', and 'telling stories', but do not 'gossip', at these same public events. From theCambridge English Corpus They became relaxed and playful,jokingwith each other and harmlessly teasing the birds. From theCambridge English Corpus Too many ties had been forged- educational, occupational, marital-with villagers within the district to permit suchjoking. From theCambridge English Corpus 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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