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    jest
    [jest]
    noun
    jest (noun) · jests (plural noun)
    1. a thing said or done for amusement; a joke:
      "it was said in jest" · "there are jests about administrative gaffes"
      • archaic
        an object of derision:
        "lowly virtue is the jest of fools"
    verb
    jest (verb) · jests (third person present) · jested (past tense) · jested (past participle) · jesting (present participle)
    1. speak or act in a joking manner:
      "you jest, surely?" · "“I don't know about maturing,” jests William"
    Origin
    late Middle English: from earlier gest, from Old French geste, from Latin gesta ‘actions, exploits’, from gerere ‘do’. The original sense was ‘heroic deed’, hence ‘a narrative of such deeds’; later the term denoted an idle tale, hence a joke.
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    noun
    1. a thing said or done for amusement; a joke:
      joke
      witticism
      gag
      quip
      sally
      pun
      bon mot
      crack
      wisecrack
      one-liner
      funny
      comeback
      repartee
      banter
      prank
      practical joke
      hoax
      trick
      jape
      leg-pull
      put-on
      lark
      dido
      in fun
      tongue in cheek
      playfully
      jokingly
      light-heartedly
      facetiously
      flippantly
      frivolously
      teasingly
      banteringly
      whimsically
      funny remark
      play on words
      piece of mischief
      as a joke
      for a laugh
      to tease
      Opposite:
      seriously
      verb
      1. speak or act in a joking manner:
        joke
        crack
        quip
        gag
        sally
        pun
        banter
        wisecrack
        fool
        fool around
        tease
        hoax
        kid
        wind up
        have on
        pull someone's leg
        pull someone's chain
        fun
        shuck
        tell jokes
        crack jokes
        play a prank
        play a practical joke
        make a monkey out of
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