- noun
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- thing said or done to cause amusement; joke [Barron]
- an utterance (as a jeer or quip) intended to be taken as mockery or humor [Taisha]
- playful remark or act [Nandigam]
- verb
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- act or speak playfully [Nandigam]
More word meanings for jest
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- Wiktionary:
- jest @ wiktionary
- WordNet:
- jest @ wordnet.princeton.edu
- Merriam-Webster Online:
- jest @ M-W.com
- MSN Encarta:
- jest @ Encarta
- American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language:
- jest @ AHD provided by Yahoo! Education
- Answers.com:
- jest @ Answers.com
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