to laugh something off, to fend off something while laughing

dismiss with a joke, laugh something off

laugh a matter off

laughing in a pleasant way, some one's smile to be agreeable

humorously, as a joke, in jest

put off in joke, treat as a joke

taunting or deriding in the guise of joking

ridicule, joke, poke fun at

evade, procrastinate, dilly-dally, shilly-shally

repel great trouble,

to kill time

the taste and passion of something, liking, interest, enthusiasm

to defer,pass over, postpone

ridicule, mock, deride

jocase cheerful, having a good disposition, jocular