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Definition of "jest" in English

noun

  1. (archaic) An act performed for amusement; a joke.

    • I made that comment in jest; it wasn't serious.
  2. (archaic) Someone or something that is ridiculed; the target of a joke.

    • Your majesty, stop him before he makes you the jest of the court.
  3. (obsolete) A deed; an action; a gest.

  4. (obsolete) A mask; a pageant; an interlude.

verb

  1. To tell a joke; to talk in a playful manner; to make fun of something or someone.

    • Surely you jest!

adverb

  1. (African-American Vernacular, Southern US, Shropshire) Pronunciation spelling of just.