Definition of jest

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Jest (v. i.) To make merriment by words or actions; to joke; to make light of anything.

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Tease :: Tease (v. t.) To vex with importunity or impertinence; to harass, annoy, disturb, or irritate by petty requests, or by jests and raillery; to plague..
Quip :: Quip (n.) A smart, sarcastic turn or jest; a taunt; a severe retort; a gibe..
High :: High (superl.) Of great strength, force, importance, and the like; strong; mighty; powerful; violent; sometimes, triumphant; victorious; majestic, etc.; as, a high wind; high passions..
Gleek :: Gleek (n.) A jest or scoff; a trick or deception.
Scoptical :: Scoptical (a.) Jesting; jeering; scoffing.
Jester :: Jester (n.) A buffoon; a merry-andrew; a court fool.
Maestoso :: Maestoso (a. & adv.) Majestic or majestically; -- a direction to perform a passage or piece of music in a dignified manner.
Bourd :: Bourd (n.) A jest.
Abracadabra :: Abracadabra (n.) A mystical word or collocation of letters written as in the figure. Worn on an amulet it was supposed to ward off fever. At present the word is used chiefly in jest to denote something without meaning; jargon.
Incedingly :: Incedingly (adv.) Majestically.
Outjest :: Outjest (v. t.) To surpass in jesting; to drive out, or away, by jesting..
Sporting :: Sportful (a.) Done in jest, or for mere play; sportive..
Jest :: "Jest (v. i.) To take part in a merrymaking; -- especially, to act in a mask or interlude..
Bob :: Bob (n.) A jeer or flout; a sharp jest or taunt; a trick.
Nugae :: Nugae (n. pl.) Trifles; jests.
Cream :: Cream (n.) The best or choicest part of a thing; the quintessence; as, the cream of a jest or story; the cream of a collection of books or pictures..
Grand :: Grand (superl.) Great in size, and fine or imposing in appearance or impression; illustrious, dignifled, or noble (said of persons); majestic, splendid, magnificent, or sublime (said of things); as, a grand monarch; a grand lord; a grand general; a grand view; a grand conception..
Bourder :: Bourder (n.) A jester.
Sarcasm :: Sarcasm (n.) A keen, reproachful expression; a satirical remark uttered with some degree of scorn or contempt; a taunt; a gibe; a cutting jest..
Britannic :: Britannic (a.) Of or pertaining to Great Britain; British; as, her Britannic Majesty..
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