What does joking mean?
Joking means present participle and gerund of joke.
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/ˈd͡ʒəʊkɪŋ/ · verb
present participle and gerund of joke.
Twenty euros cover charge? You're joking me!
No low beatings and knockings about, no jokings and squeakings like your precious Punches, but always the same, with a constantly unchanging air of coldness and gentility[…]
Use joking when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Joking means present participle and gerund of joke.
Common synonyms include sport, humorous, jesting, jocular.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Twenty euros cover charge? You're joking me!
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