joke it up
B2 informal intransitive
In simple words
To tell lots of jokes and be very funny, sometimes too much.
Meanings
1 B2
idiomatic
informal
To be enthusiastically or excessively funny, often for the benefit of an audience.
"The host loved to joke it up with the studio audience before the show began recording."
Usage notes
Less common than 'joke around'. The 'it up' construction adds intensity or suggests excess. Often implies that someone is performing or showing off their humor. More common in American English.
Commonly used with
crowd audience backstage always tend to
Forms
Base
joke it up
I/you/we/they
3rd person
jokes it up
he/she/it
Past simple
joked it up
yesterday
Past participle
joked it up
have + pp
-ing form
joking it up
continuous
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