joke
noun
something said or done to provoke laughter or cause amusement, as a witticism, a short and amusing anecdote, or a prankish act.
has been joking
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present perfect progressiveof joke (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Vadim said life in the city has returned to normal but everyone has been joking about the events of the past week.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2023
“Everyone has been joking about how, during the Commerce Committee markup, there was a half-an-hour discussion about shark finning, which really has nothing to do with this.”
From Washington Post ● Jul. 5, 2021
It’s been an entire career marked by rumors — rumors he himself has been joking about since the sixties.
From Salon ● Dec. 30, 2015
Daniels has been joking with those who urged him to run that he might have killed his campaign in his first debate.
From Slate ● Sep. 26, 2011
He has been joking and teasing me to declare that we have a dead Prince hidden somewhere, and that the King showed him the brick-bat woman’s child.”
From A Reputed Changeling Or Three Seventh Years Two Centuries Ago by Charlotte Mary Yonge
