jest

[Jest]

A jest is a joke. Are you a playful prankster? A jocular jokester? A witty wisecracker? Then you are definitely well versed in the art of the jest.

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A deed; an action; a gest.

Noun
activity characterized by good humor

Noun
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 hisown jest"; "even a schoolboy''s jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point"

Verb
act in a funny or teasing way

Verb
tell a joke; speak humorously; "He often jokes even when he appears serious"

n.
A deed; an action; a gest.

n.
A mask; a pageant; an interlude.

n.
Something done or said in order to amuse; a joke; a witticism; a jocose or sportive remark or phrase. See Synonyms under Jest, v. i.

v. i.
The object of laughter or sport; a laughingstock.

v. i.
To take part in a merrymaking; -- especially, to act in a mask or interlude.

v. i.
To make merriment by words or actions; to joke; to make light of anything.

Jest

Jest , n. [OE. jeste, geste, deed, action, story, tale, OF. geste, LL. gesta, orig., exploits, neut. pl. from L. gestus, p. p. of gerere to bear, carry, accomplish, perform; perh. orig., to make to come, bring, and perh. akin to E. come. Cf. Gest a deed, Register, n.] 1. A deed; an action; a gest. [Obs.]

The jests or actions of princes.

2. A mask; a pageant; an interlude. [Obs.] Nares.

He promised us, in honor of our guest, To grace our banquet with some pompous jest.

3. Something done or said in order to amuse; a joke; a witticism; a jocose or sportive remark or phrase. See Synonyms under Jest, v. i.

I must be sad . . . smile at no man's jests.

The Right Honorable gentleman is indebted to his memory for his jests, and to his imagination for his facts.

4. The object of laughter or sport; a laughingstock.

Then let me be your jest; I deserve it.

In jest, for mere sport or diversion; not in truth and reality; not in earnest.

And given in earnest what I begged in jest.

-- Jest book, a book containing a collection of jests, jokes, and amusing anecdotes; a Joe Miller.

Jest

Jest, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Jested; p. pr. & vb. n. Jesting.] 1. To take part in a merrymaking; -- especially, to act in a mask or interlude. [Obs.] Shak. 2. To make merriment by words or actions; to joke; to make light of anything.

He jests at scars that never felt a wound.

Syn. -- To joke; sport; rally. -- To Jest, Joke. One jests in order to make others laugh; one jokes to please himself. A jest is usually at the expense of another, and is often ill-natured; a joke is a sportive sally designed to promote good humor without wounding the feelings of its object. "Jests are, therefore, seldom harmless; jokes frequently allowable. The most serious subject may be degraded by being turned into a jest." Crabb.

A deed; an action; a gest.

To take part in a merrymaking; -- especially, to act in a mask or interlude.

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Usage Examples

To smile at the jest which plants a thorn in another's breast is to become a principal in the mischief.

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Other Usage Examples

A lot of truth is said in jest.

When you're wounded and left on Afghanistan's plains, and the women come out to cut up what remains, jest roll to your rifle and blow out your brains and go to your gawd like a soldier.