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jest
(jĕst)n.
1. A playful or frivolous mood or manner: spoken in jest.
2. A playful remark; a witticism or joke.
3. A playful or amusing act; a prank.
4. An object of ridicule; a laughingstock: "There are people ... so cruel as to make a jest of me" (Charles Dickens).
intr.v. jest·ed, jest·ing, jests
1. To make witty or amusing remarks.
2. To act in a playful or facetious manner.
[Middle English geste, tale, from Old French, from Latin gesta, deeds, from neuter pl. past participle of gerere, to perform.]
jest′ing·ly adv.
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jest
(dʒɛst)n
1. something done or said for amusement; joke
2. a frivolous mood or attitude; playfulness; fun: to act in jest.
3. a jeer or taunt
4. an object of derision; laughing stock; butt
vb
5. to act or speak in an amusing, teasing, or frivolous way; joke
6. to make fun of (a person or thing); scoff or mock
[C13: variant of gest]
ˈjestful adj
ˈjesting adj, n
ˈjestingly adv
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jest
(dʒɛst)n.
1. a joke or witty remark; witticism; quip.
2. a taunt, often of a teasing nature.
3. sport or fun: to speak half in jest, half in earnest.
4. the object of laughter; laughingstock.
v.i. 5. to speak in a humorous or playfully teasing way.
6. to speak derisively.
[1250–1300; Middle English; variant sp. of gest]
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jest
- joke - Latin jocus, "jest, joke," gave us joke.
- ludicrous - Early senses of ludicrous, from the adjective ludic, were "sportive," "intended as jest" and "spontaneously playful."
- juggle, juggler - Juggle is from Latin joculus, a diminutive of jocus, and a juggler was originally a jester.
- jocose - From Latin jocus, "joke, jest," it means "full of jokes."
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jest
Past participle: jested
Gerund: jesting
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| Noun | 1. |  jest - a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter; "he told a very funny joke"; "he knows a million gags"; "thanks for the laugh"; "he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest"; "even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point"humor, wit, witticism, wittiness, humour - a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter howler, sidesplitter, thigh-slapper, wow, belly laugh, riot, scream - a joke that seems extremely funny ethnic joke - a joke at the expense of some ethnic group funny, funny remark, funny story, good story - an account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line); "she told a funny story"; "she made a funny" in-joke - a joke that is appreciated only by members of some particular group of people one-liner - a one-line joke shaggy dog story - a long rambling joke whose humor derives from its pointlessness sick joke - a joke in bad taste sight gag, visual joke - a joke whose effect is achieved by visual means rather than by speech (as in a movie) |
| 2. | jest - activity characterized by good humor diversion, recreation - an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates; "scuba diving is provided as a diversion for tourists"; "for recreation he wrote poetry and solved crossword puzzles"; "drug abuse is often regarded as a form of recreation" leg-pull, leg-pulling - as a joke: trying to make somebody believe something that is not true pleasantry - an agreeable or amusing remark; "they exchange pleasantries" | |
| Verb | 1. | jest - tell a joke; speak humorously; "He often jokes even when he appears serious" communicate, intercommunicate - transmit thoughts or feelings; "He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist" fool around, horse around, fool - indulge in horseplay; "Enough horsing around--let's get back to work!"; "The bored children were fooling about" pun - make a play on words; "Japanese like to pun--their language is well suited to punning" |
| 2. | jest - act in a funny or teasing way |
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jest
noun
verb
1. joke, kid (informal), mock, tease, sneer, jeer, quip, josh (slang, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), scoff, banter, deride, chaff, gibe He enjoyed drinking and jesting with his cronies.
in jest as a joke, tongue in cheek, jokingly, for a laugh, in fun, flippantly, facetiously, light-heartedly, as humour, as a tease Many a true word spoken in jest.
Quotations
"a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy" [William Shakespeare Hamlet]
"a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy" [William Shakespeare Hamlet]
Proverbs
"Many a truth lie in jest"
"Many a truth lie in jest"
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
jest
noun1. An object of amusement or laughter:
1. To make jokes; behave playfully:
joke.
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Translations
مُزاح، دُعابَهيَمْزَح، يَسْخَر من
žertžertovat
lave sjovmorsomhedspøgevittighed
vitsailla
nevetség tárgyatréfatréfálkozástréfálkozik
spaug, brandarispauga, grínast
juokautijuokdarys
jokotjoks
jest
[dʒest]Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
jest
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
jest
(dʒest) noun a joke; something done or said to cause amusement.
verb to joke.
ˈjester noun in former times, a man employed in the courts of kings, nobles etc to amuse them with jokes etc.
in jest as a joke; not seriously. speaking in jest.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
jest
n. broma, chiste;
v. bromear.
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