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
- It was meant in jest and most people take it in jest.
- The column was written in jest for the Hollywood crowd.
- But it was all in jest, the mayor's loyal aide assured.
- Avakian later stated that the question was made in jest.
- The only way to know if councillor John Dixon was saying in jest would be to ask him.
- Reverting to Baby-Talk nicknames, even in jest, is just another nail in the coffin of this blogs masculinity.
- The other thing I say only mildly in jest is that the more you know about the Emmys, the more plugged-in you feel you are, the worse you do in your predictions.
- Bryan, the "human cloning" quip may be in jest, but it's typical of the wrongheaded thinking about how to "solve" liberal media bias - the value of access to cloning obviously can't be restricted to libertarians.
- Google CEO Eric Schmidt didn't help the company's growing image problem with comments during an interview last week when he said, perhaps in jest, that those concerned with its photographing if streets and homes to "just move."
- The day before, Francis Maude described Danny Alexander as to his right – OK, half in jest – but he is backed up by Michael Gove who is also telling anyone who will listen that Alexander is the most right wing member of the cabinet.