jest
IPA: dʒˈɛst
noun
- (archaic) An act performed for amusement; a joke.
- (archaic) Someone or something that is ridiculed; the target of a joke.
- (obsolete) A deed; an action; a gest.
- (obsolete) A mask; a pageant; an interlude.
verb
- To tell a joke; to talk in a playful manner; to make fun of something or someone.
adverb
- (African-American Vernacular, Southern US) Alternative spelling of just [Only, simply, merely.]
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Examples of "jest" in Sentences
- I can't seem to get the jest of it.
- I was saying that in jest to the person.
- I jest, but it is the nub of the problem.
- Are you jesting and I'm just being dense
- It's obvious the last comment was in jest.
- Whether or not he was jesting is debatable.
- It looks like the page was written in jest.
- The very joke which the xkcd strip was jesting
- That edit summary was a joke or jest, a merry jape
- Avakian later stated that the question was made in jest.
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