VB  joke, jest, crack a joke, make a joke, jape, cut jokes, perpetrate a joke, pun, perpetrate a pun, make fun of, make merry with, kid, kid around, fool around, set the table in a roar, retort, banter, ridentem dicere verum, joke at one's expense, take in jest, bomb, fall flat, go over like a lead balloon.

all around, around, around the bend, around the clock, arse around, beat around the bush, billie the kid, bob around, boss around, bring around, bum around, bump around, cast around, circle around, clown around, come around, drive around, fool around, frig around, gang around, gather around, get around, get around to, go around, go around in circles, handle with kid gloves, hang around, hang around with, horse around, jazz around, just around the corner, kick around, kid, kid fox, kid glove, knock around, lie around, loll around, look around, lounge around, mess around, mill around, monkey around, moon around, mope around, move around, muck around, nose around, pass around, play around, play around with, poke around, potter around, push around, putter around, revolve around, roll around, run around, say hey kid, send around, sleeping around, slosh around, slush around, spin around, splash around, stick around, swing around, the other way around, thomas kid, tool around, turn around, turned around, twist around, walk around, waltz around, wheel around, whirl around, with kid gloves