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adjective

Definition of kiddingnext
as in joking
marked by or expressive of mild or good-natured teasing made kidding remarks about her lack of skills in the kitchen

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kidding

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noun

as in fooling

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kidding

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verb

present participle of kid
1
as in teasing
to make fun of in a good-natured way everybody's kidding me about my new haircut

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2
as in jesting
to make jokes he always kids around about his "wild and crazy" life as an accountant

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kidding
  1. joking
  2. teasing
  3. ribbing
  4. joke
Verb
  • Nile and Bernard seemed like best friends, always joking and very excited.
    — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 22 Dec. 2024
  • Not just the kind of vaudevillian two guys joking around with each other on stage, but even just as individual comedians.
    — Justin Koreis, Rolling Stone, 21 Dec. 2024
Definition of joking
Verb
  • Seinfeld was clearly teasing, but sure enough, several headlines reported it as gospel with perhaps a mention three paragraphs in that it was intended to be humorous.
    — Jenelle Riley, Variety, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Squid Game star Lee Jung-jae and creator Hwang Dong-hyuk are teasing the third and final season of the Netflix series.
    — Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 5 Jan. 2025
Definition of teasing
Noun
  • All four players had fond memories of the tournament, with Dostál offering a bit of good-natured ribbing toward Pastrnak and recalling not only his triumph of 2024 but his first experience in 2022, when his tournament was truncated by an injury.
    — Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 25 Mar. 2025
  • Trump’s playful and public ribbing of one of the world’s most prominent media moguls underscored the years-long on-again, off-again relationship between the president and publishing tycoon, one that political and media observers told The Hill this week has reached a critical new stage.
    — Dominick Mastrangelo, The Hill, 9 Feb. 2025
Definition of ribbing
Noun
  • The joke being: Champagnes are sparkling wines that come only from the Champagne region of France.
    — Timothy DePeugh, Charlotte Observer, 26 Mar. 2025
  • The joke sparked a furious backlash within Shinde’s Hindu supremacist Shiv Sena political party.
    — Rhea Mogul, CNN, 25 Mar. 2025
Definition of joke
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