"just kidding" meaning in English

See just kidding in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

  1. (informal) I wasn't serious; it was only a joke. Tags: informal Synonyms: jk, JK, j/k, not, psych Related terms: ^H, in Minecraft, ^W Translations (I wasn’t serious; it was only a joke): са́мо бъзи́к (sámo bǎzík) (Bulgarian), vitsi, vitsi (Finnish), kunhan vitsailin (Finnish), kunhan pilailin (Finnish)

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