- present participle of joke.
joking
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The 80-year-old raised eyebrows when he publicly asked Ultimate Fighting Championship boss Dana White to be his new press secretary -- then claimed he was just joking.
From Barron's ● Nov. 11, 2026
In rehearsal, while Osbourne was joking around, “you could see he was in pain,” recalls Iommi.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026
He said he had "always wanted to do" the show, joking that because of his short-lived football managerial career, he had more time on his hands.
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026
When she floated the idea that AI might solve it one day, the suggestion was so preposterous that he thought she was joking.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026
I know Mom had been joking in our backyard, but that’s how I would have imagined them in the end—lying side by side in our garden bed together.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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