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joke (with someone) (about someone or something)

to quip with someone about someone or something; to make verbal fun with someone about someone or something. I was joking with Tom about the performance. I joked about Andy with Fran.

joke

tv. to tease someone; to make fun of someone. Everybody was joking my roommate because of her accent.

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• able to take a joke
• all joking aside
• bad joke
• be no joke
• be the butt of the joke
• butt of a joke
• crack a joke
• dirty joke
• fourth wall joke
• get beyond a joke
• inside joke
• joke
• joke around
• joke is on
• joking aside
• lame joke
• no joke
• play a joke
• play a joke on
• rich man's joke is always funny
• sick joke
• standing joke
• take a joke
• the butt of the joke
• the joke's on
• You must be joking!
• You're joking!