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joked

joked is the simple past and past participle of joke.

Meaning of joke

Verb

joke (third-person singular simple present jokes, present participle joking, simple past and past participle joked)

  1. (intransitive) To do or say something for amusement rather than seriously.
    • I didn’t mean what I said — I was only joking.
    Synonyms:
    jest
  2. (intransitive) To dupe in a friendly manner for amusement; to mess with, play with.
    • Relax, man, I'm just joking with you.
    Synonyms:
    sport
  3. (dated, transitive) To make merry with; to make jokes upon; to rally.
    • to joke a comrade

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Phrases with joked

Questions about joked

What is joked the simple past and past participle of?
Joked is the simple past and past participle of joke.

Words near joked in the dictionary

  1. joke thieves
  2. joke up
  3. joke, Joyce
  4. jokebook
  5. jokebooks
  6. joked
  7. joked around
  8. joked it up
  9. joked up
  10. jokee
  11. jokees

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Adapted from Wiktionary: joked (page history and authors); joke (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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