To play a joke without the other person knowing about it. Doesn't always have to mean a joke played on by another person but can also refer to any crappy situation in general.
Yoking is different than
pranking in the way that it is like
a prank, except pranking depends more on the actions of the other person and physical encounters, while
yoking is more of like a joke.
Example #1:
John: "Where the hell is my bag?"
Bill: "I don't know dude, I think Sam hid it somewhere."
John: "You got to be yoking me, I have
English homework to do!"
Example #2:
Jane: "Where is Sam with my cell phone?"
Jill: "I think he brought it with him on his trip to New York"
Jane: "You have to be yoking me"
Example #3:
Classic
yoke:
-Dave chooses to walk home to school which is about 2
kilometers
-Starts to rain
Dave thinks you got to be yoking him right now
