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as in kidding
to make fun of in a good-natured way
don't be upset—we're just jiving you
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as in joking
to make jokes
our team was laughing and jiving after our surprise win
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Literally toxic lesbians — kidding.—
Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
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Just kidding - but honestly not sold on him being the best player on a championship caliber team.—
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Turn around and make a lighthearted comment to the person behind you, maybe joking about the wait time, Simon-Thomas suggests.—
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Jennifer Lawrence and Emma Stone exchanged texts on the morning the Screen Actors Guild nominations were announced this week, joking about the outcome after Stone landed a nod and Lawrence did not.—
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Viewers see painful flashbacks throughout the show of classmates teasing Kelly about being overweight and daring her to drink urine.—
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On Wednesday, Duff ramped up the anticipation for her new album, teasing a new song about dive bar hookups, inconvenient roommates, and a once-red-hot romance fizzling into the tombs of relationship graveyards.—
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“Jiving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jiving. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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