joke around

şakalaşmak, şaka yapmak

Eğlenmek için komik şeyler söylemek veya şakalar yapmak.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To say funny things or play tricks for fun.

• We like to joke around together.
• She joked around with the other players on the bus.
• Are you joking around or trying to annoy me?

Nasıl kullanılır: joke around with someone (We joked around with our cousins after dinner.)

Eş anlamlılar: joke, kid, banter

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: joke around together, joke around with someone

şaka yapmak, şakalaşmak

Ciddi olmadan, eğlenmek için şakalı sözler söylemek.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To say things for fun without meaning them seriously.

• I was only joking around.
• He joked around about becoming president, but nobody believed him.
• Please do not be upset; she was joking around.

Nasıl kullanılır: joke around about something (We were joking around about buying an island.)

Eş anlamlılar: joke, kid, jest

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: just joke around, joke around with someone

oyalanmak, boş işlerle uğraşmak

Yapman gerekeni yapmak yerine saçma davranışlarla zaman harcamak.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To waste time behaving in a silly way instead of doing what you should.

• Stop joking around and finish your work.
• They joked around all morning instead of cleaning.
• We cannot joke around when there is so much to do.

Eş anlamlılar: fool around, mess around

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: joke around instead, joke around all day