Etymology: [ 'jest ] (noun.) circa 1548. From Middle English geste (“idle tale”), from Old French geste (“acts, exploits”), from Latin gesta (“acts, deeds”)
To tell a joke; to talk in a playful manner; to make fun of something or someone, Someone or something that is ridiculed; the target of a joke, An act performed for amusement; a joke, joke, speak or act in a facetious manner; jeer, taunt, mock, scoff, activity characterized by good humor, tell a joke; speak humorously; "He often jokes even when he appears serious", act in a funny or teasing way, 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", If you jest, you tell jokes or say amusing things. He enjoyed drinking and jesting with his cronies = joke. something you say that is intended to be funny, not serious = joke (geste , from gesta (plural), from gerere ). to say things that you do not really mean in order to amuse people, joke, witticism; jeering or mocking remark; sport, fun; laughing-stock, subject of a joke or mockery, A jest is something that you say that is intended to be amusing. It was a jest rather than a reproach = joke If you say something in jest, you do not mean it seriously, but want to be amusing. Don't say that, even in jest seriously, To make merriment by words or actions; to joke; to make light of anything, To take part in a merrymaking; especially, to act in a mask or interlude, A mask; a pageant; an interlude, A deed; an action; a gest, Something done or said in order to amuse; a joke; a witticism; a jocose or sportive remark or phrase, See Synonyms under Jest, v, The object of laughter or sport; a laughingstock, droll, bantering; ridicule, jeering, Present participle of jest, playful; mocking, mocking, joking, facetious, humorous, bantering, bourd, past of jest, The act or practice of making jests; joking; pleasantry, facetious, humorous, playful; mocking, jeering, characterized by jokes and good humor, joking, bantering; ridicule, mocking, Sportive; not serious; fit for jests, In a jesting manner, in jest; "I asked him jokingly whether he thought he could drive the Calcutta-Peshawar express", plural of jest, third-person singular of jest,
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To tell a joke; to talk in a playful manner; to make fun of something or someone - "Surely you jest!"
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Someone or something that is ridiculed; the target of a joke - "Your majesty, stop him before he makes you the jest of the court."
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An act performed for amusement; a joke - "I shall not succumb to your jests!"
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joke, speak or act in a facetious manner; jeer, taunt, mock, scoff fiil
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activity characterized by good humor
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tell a joke; speak humorously; "He often jokes even when he appears serious"
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act in a funny or teasing way
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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"
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If you jest, you tell jokes or say amusing things. He enjoyed drinking and jesting with his cronies = joke. something you say that is intended to be funny, not serious = joke (geste , from gesta (plural), from gerere ). to say things that you do not really mean in order to amuse people
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joke, witticism; jeering or mocking remark; sport, fun; laughing-stock, subject of a joke or mockery isim
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A jest is something that you say that is intended to be amusing. It was a jest rather than a reproach = joke If you say something in jest, you do not mean it seriously, but want to be amusing. Don't say that, even in jest seriously
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To make merriment by words or actions; to joke; to make light of anything
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To take part in a merrymaking; especially, to act in a mask or interlude
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A mask; a pageant; an interlude
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A deed; an action; a gest
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Something done or said in order to amuse; a joke; a witticism; a jocose or sportive remark or phrase
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See Synonyms under Jest, v
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The object of laughter or sport; a laughingstock
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To jest.
droll - ""Eh, man," said I, drolling with him a little, "you're very ingenious! But would it not be simpler for you to write him a few words in black and white?"
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jesting
bantering; ridicule
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jesting
jeering
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jesting
Present participle of jest
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jesting
playful; mocking
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jesting
mocking
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jesting
joking
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jesting
facetious
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jesting
humorous
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jesting.
bantering
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A jest
bourd
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jested
past of jest
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jesting
The act or practice of making jests; joking; pleasantry
Fr. Çalım. Mânâlı ve gösterişli hareket, Yerinde yapılan ve beğenilen davranış, Genellikle yerinde yapılan ve beğenilen davranış, Herhangi bir şeyi açıklamak için genellikle el, kol veya baş ile yapılan içgüdüsel veya iradeli hareket, Genellikle yerinde yapılan ve beğenilen davranış:"Jestleri daha serbest, çoğu güzel sesli, güzel güzel insanlardı."- S. F. Abasıyanık,
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Fr. Çalım. Mânâlı ve gösterişli hareket
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Yerinde yapılan ve beğenilen davranış
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Genellikle yerinde yapılan ve beğenilen davranış
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Herhangi bir şeyi açıklamak için genellikle el, kol veya baş ile yapılan içgüdüsel veya iradeli hareket
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Genellikle yerinde yapılan ve beğenilen davranış:"Jestleri daha serbest, çoğu güzel sesli, güzel güzel insanlardı."- S. F. Abasıyanık
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