Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

joking

/ˈd͡ʒoʊkɪŋ/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.04 in modern English

Syllables: jok-ing
IPA: /ˈd͡ʒoʊkɪŋ/

18

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of joke

verb

Kidding, trying to fool.

British usage; American usage; Colloquial; Transitive verb

noun

The act of telling or engaging in jokes.

Example Sentences

"Twenty euros cover charge? You're joking me!"
"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[…]"

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈd͡ʒoʊkɪŋ/
British English: /ˈd͡ʒəʊkɪŋ/

Usage

Inflected Forms

jokings (plural)

Derived Forms

jokingly unjoking

Phrases

all joking aside

Synonyms

sport jesting jocose jocular

Rhymes With

smoking non-smoking choking provoking soaking poking stroking invoking evoking revoking cloaking coking

Questions

How do you pronounce joking?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈd͡ʒoʊkɪŋ/.
What does joking mean?: present participle and gerund of joke

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