different between joking vs japery

joking

English

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /?d?owk??/

Verb

joking

  1. present participle of joke
  2. (Britain, US, Ireland, colloquial, transitive) Kidding, trying to fool.
    Twenty euros cover charge? You're joking me!

Noun

joking (plural jokings)

  1. The act of telling or engaging in jokes.
    • 1840-41, Charles Dickens, The Old Curiosity Shop
      No low beatings and knockings about, no jokings and squeakings like your precious Punches, but always the same, with a constantly unchanging air of coldness and gentility []

Anagrams

  • jingko

joking From the web:

  • what mocking means
  • what mockingbirds eat
  • what mockingjay means
  • what mockingbirds are in your life
  • what mockingjay character are you
  • what joking means
  • what joking meaning in hindi
  • what's joking in french


japery

English

Etymology

jape +? -ery

Noun

japery (countable and uncountable, plural japeries)

  1. Jesting, joking

Related terms

  • jape

japery From the web:

  • what does japery mean
+1
Share
Pin
Like
Send
Share

you may also like