joked
v. A2 Elementary US //ˈdʒoʊkt// UK //dʒˈəʊkt// joked
v. said something funny to make people laugh or to be playful.
v. the past tense of 'joke'; refers to having said or done something for amusement rather than in earnest.
He joked about his messy hair during the meeting.
The colleagues joked about the long commute until the train finally arrived at the station.
Although the speaker joked about the technical difficulties, the audience could sense his underlying frustration with the venue's outdated equipment.
Usage
Intransitive; typically takes the preposition 'about' or 'with'.
Pitfall
he joked mehe joked with meThe verb is intransitive and cannot take a person as a direct object without a preposition like 'with'.