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Grammar : Adj

Spell : johk

Phonetic Transcription : dʒoʊk

Définition of joking

Origin : 1660s, "to make a joke," from Latin iocari "to jest, joke," from iocus (see joke (n.)). Related: Joked; joking.

adj humorous

Example sentences :

"I think more of the sorrows of Sir Condy," says my master, joking like.
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

Arthur was not inclined for joking; the affair perplexed him in no ordinary degree.
Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood

Joking is undignified; that is why it is so good for one's soul.
Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton

Miss G. You're joking,—and I believe, sir, you're not over and above sober.
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

I was just joking about how you never get over thinking I'm a little boy.
Extract from : « Alice Adams » by Booth Tarkington

They came in laughing, joking boisterously, wondering about the schooner.
Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling

That confounded Young Cassis, one never knows whether he is joking or not.
Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola

And although some of you may think that I am joking, I declare that I will tell you the entire truth.
Extract from : « Apology » by Plato

With Dr. Goll she was in heaven, and with him there was no joking.
Extract from : « Erdgeist (Earth-Spirit) » by Frank Wedekind

I should have thought him joking, but Oddity was never guilty of a joke in his life.
Extract from : « The Rambles of a Rat » by A. L. O. E.

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