Meaning

3 senses

  1. (informal)(procrastinate, fool around, behave immaturely): bowdlerization of fuck around

  2. (informal)To kid, prank, joke.

  3. (informal)To say something that is not meant to be taken seriously.

Examples

34 sentences

  1. Tom always likes to joke around.

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  2. Tom liked to joke around.

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  3. Tom likes to joke around.

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  4. I think Tom isn't joking around.

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  5. Tom was joking around with his friends.

    deTom scherzte mit seinen Freunden herum. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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Forms

jokes around, joking around, joked around, joked around
Base formjoke around · to joke around
3rd person singularjokes around
Present participlejoking around
Past simplejoked around
Past participlejoked around

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyjoke around
he, she, itjokes around

Past simpleLesson

all personsjoked around

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave joked around
he, she, ithas joked around

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill joke around

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

3 synonyms
jokeB1kidB1fool around

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
jointB1jointlyjokeA2jokerjokinglyjolly
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