joked

VERB

kid, tease

Synonyms

STRONGEST

banter laugh quip

STRONG

chaff deceive deride fool frolic fun gambol jape jest jive jolly josh mock needle play pun rag revel rib ridicule roast spoof sport taunt trick wisecrack

WEAK

horse around kid around make merry play the clown play tricks poke fun pull one's leg put on

Antonyms

STRONG

compliment flatter praise

WEAK

be serious

Example Sentences

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joked

And then someone else joked on Slack, “Dunk the Deacon?”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

Manager Pat Murphy joked that it was the doing of late Brewers legend Bob Uecker.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

"Everything is fine, look. I'm rocking it. Look how good I look," she joked, noting how she was still wearing her make-up from the show.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

“The other day I said I was going to pop by, and he was like, ‘Can you just give me a day to clean?’” she joked.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

Whenever Leo smiled and joked, he looked too much like Sammy, his great-grandfather...Hazel’s first boyfriend, back in 1942.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan