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joning

joning noun: the act of joning (roasting) someone; banter. Also the present participle and gerund of jone.

Noun

joning (uncountable)

  1. (slang, African-American Vernacular) The act of joning (roasting) someone; banter.
    • In this city there is another name for the Dozens, "joaning." […] "Joaning" is reported by children from middle and upper-class families.1939, John Dollard, “The Dozens: Dialectic of Insult”, in American Imago, Boston, M.A.: Hanns Sachs, →ISSN, →JSTOR, →OCLC, page 15
    • Good jonin' required a brutal wit, a sharp tongue, and a thick skin.1994, Nathan McCall, Makes Me Wanna Holler: A Young Black Man in America, New York, N.Y.: Random House, →ISBN, page 23
    Synonyms:
    signifying, dropping lugs, sounding, capping, snapping, dissing, busting, bagging, janking, ranking

Also used as

joning is also the present participle and gerund of jone.

Synonyms of joning

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Forms of joning

alternative formjoaning

Questions about joning

What does joning mean?
Joning means the act of joning (roasting) someone; banter.
What part of speech is joning?
Joning is a noun.

Words near joning in the dictionary

  1. jongseong
  2. jongseongs
  3. Joni
  4. jonidan
  5. Jonigkeit
  6. joning
  7. Joniškis
  8. Joniškėlis
  9. Jonker
  10. Jonkers
  11. Jonkler

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