"joke up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: jokes up [present, singular, third-person], joking up [participle, present], joked up [participle, past], joked up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} joke up (third-person singular simple present jokes up, present participle joking up, simple past and past participle joked up)
  1. (informal) To make jokes aimed upward in social class or level of authority. Tags: informal Derived forms: joke it up
    Sense id: en-joke_up-en-verb-cs7Sjs4x Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 74 26 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 78 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 86 14
  2. (informal) To add humor to (something that isn't funny). Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-joke_up-en-verb-dhVk9S04
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