[f. JOKE v. + -ING1.] The action of the vb. JOKE; jesting.
1670. Eachard, Cont. Clergy, 33. Punning, Quibling, and that which they call Joquing, and such other delicacies of Wit.
1694. R. L’Estrange, Fables, ccccii. (1708), 430. Singing and Joaking was his Delight.
1886. G. A. Henty, Cornet of Horse, vii. 64. I … have indeed put up more than once with practical jokings.
