Jest - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|dʒest|
Brit.
|dʒest|
noun
- a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter (syn: gag, jape, joke, laugh)
he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest
- activity characterized by good humor (syn: jocularity, joke)verb
Extra examples
It was a harmless jest.
...you should know that our teasing was done entirely in jest...
I wasn't sure whether to treat her words as a jest.
His serious face told me that he was not speaking in jest.
"Do I look as if I am jesting?" she asked, her face pale and tense.
Many a true word is spoken in jest. посл.
Would I jest about something so important?
Why do you jest at my honesty?
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: jest
he/she/it: jests
present participle: jesting
past tense: jested
past participle: jested
I/you/we/they: jest
he/she/it: jests
present participle: jesting
past tense: jested
past participle: jested
noun
singular: jest
plural: jests
singular: jest
plural: jests
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