joking

see all joking aside.

QUIZZES

Nourish your vocabulary with a refresher on the words from the week of September 14–20, 2020!

Question 1 of 7

What does “blatherskite” mean?

At first, she thought he was just joking around, but soon, Mulvehill was scaring her, according to the report.
School Shooters Love This Pickup Artist Website|Brandy Zadrozny|December 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
All joking aside, what was once considered an expensive gimmick is on the verge of going mainstream.
Welcome to Oculus XXX: In-Your-Face 3D is the Future of Porn|Aurora Snow|October 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The best celebrities understood that Rivers' joking wasn't personal, said Kotsiopoulos.
Melissa Rivers: Life After Joan—A Funny, Moving Celebration on a Special 'Fashion Police'|Tim Teeman|September 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
At the end of that sequence, Johnny was joking around and said, “We should just put them to work and retire.”
Kevin Smith's Marijuanaissance: On 'Tusk,' 'Falling Out' with Ben Affleck, and 20 Years of 'Clerks'|Marlow Stern|September 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST

“A few bad shows, a few failures, and I could be sleeping on the street,” she once said, not joking.
Joan Rivers: 'Death Is Like Plastic Surgery'|Tim Teeman|September 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She looked at me with surprise, doubtless wondering if I was not joking.
Child of a Century, Complete|Alfred de Musset
For a moment she was under an impression that she had not heard Nelson aright, or else that he was joking.
Peggy Raymond's Way|Harriet Lummis Smith
Not that I think the professional mover expects to be addressed in a joking mood.
Suburban Sketches|William Dean Howells
There were women, children, old men, all joking there on the very spot where a man had just expired in the most supreme agony.
My Double Life|Sarah Bernhardt
But, joking aside, he does not know and you can scarcely guess the full companionship of my pipe these days.
The Jessica Letters: An Editor's Romance|Paul Elmer More