kidding

Idioms and Phrases

see all joking (kidding) aside ; no kidding .

Example Sentences

Actually, indulge me one last time as I note Scott’s response to that question in a recent interview: “Dude, if you can build a Colosseum, you can flood it with f— water. Are you joking? And to get a couple of sharks in a net from the sea, are you kidding? Of course they can.”

From Los Angeles Times

The “Megalopolis” and “Despicable Me 4” star said she waited for Musk to say he was just kidding, but he did not.

From Los Angeles Times

And a once-defensive coach has turned playful with reporters, routinely kidding one about his attire.

From Los Angeles Times

So although Trump pledged to his Madison Square Garden audience to invoke the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 on his first day in office, the same act used to imprison Italian and German nationals during World War II, including refugees from the Holocaust . . . he might be kidding.

From Salon

“You gotta be kidding me at this point.”

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• banter
• farce
• fun
• gag
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