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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

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playful

English

Alternative forms

  • playfull (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English pleiful, equivalent to play +? -ful.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?ple?f?l/
  • Rhymes: -e?f?l, -e?f?l
  • Rhymes: -e?f?l

Adjective

playful (comparative playfuller or more playful, superlative playfullest or most playful)

  1. liking play, prone to play frequently, such as a child or kitten; rather sportive.
    Actually, we are pretty playful in our romantic life.
  2. funny, humorous, jesting, frolicsome.
  3. fun, recreational, not serious.
    A brainteaser is a playful puzzle posed as a test of intelligence.
  4. experimental.
    He was a rather playful artist.

Derived terms

  • playfully
  • playfulness

Translations

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