yukked

verb

variants or yucked
Definition of yukkednext
past tense of yuk, slang
as in kidded
to make jokes pay no mind to those clowns—they are just yukking it up and don't mean any harm

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  1. joked
  2. teased
  3. quipped
Verb
  • Head coach Jay Cobb joked about the pressure surrounding the Trinity job — and heard his share of critics after not winning a title in his first two seasons — but now has led the Shamrocks to back-to-back titles.
    Rich Barak, The Courier-Journal, 8 Dec. 2024
  • While Bronze, 2, was smiling in the post-Santa snap, his mom joked that the same could not be said for his actual holiday photo shoot.
    Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of joked
Verb
  • The airline teased plans for at least 12 new intercontinental routes from Seattle in the future.
    Edward Russell, Travel + Leisure, 10 Dec. 2024
  • In its September announcement, Google teased other use cases for digital IDs, including account recovery, identity verification, and even car rentals.
    Will McCurdy, PCMAG, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of teased
Verb
  • Foxx quipped of the shot and being sent home.
    Jen Juneau, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Arnold, 19, quipped, showing Savchenko the images.
    Liza Esquibias, People.com, 26 Nov. 2024
Definition of quipped
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