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Found 3 items, similar to Jested.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: jest
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: jest
jest
n 1: a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter;
“he told a very funny joke”;
“he knows a million gags”;
“thanks for the laugh”;
“he laughed unpleasantly at
hisown jest”;
“even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to
have some ascertainable point” [syn:
joke,
gag,
laugh,
jape]
2: activity characterized by good humor [syn:
joke,
jocularity]
v 1: tell a joke; speak humorously;
“He often jokes even when he
appears serious” [syn:
joke]
2: act in a funny or teasing way [syn:
joke]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Jested
Jest
\Jest\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Jested; p. pr. & vb. n.
Jesting.]
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1. To take part in a merrymaking; -- especially, to act in a
mask or interlude. [Obs.] --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
2. To make merriment by words or actions; to joke; to make
light of anything.
[1913 Webster]
He jests at scars that never felt a wound. --Shak.
Syn: To joke; sport; rally.
Usage: To
Jest,
Joke. One jests in order to make others
laugh; one jokes to please himself. A jest is usually
at the expense of another, and is often ill-natured; a
joke is a sportive sally designed to promote good
humor without wounding the feelings of its object.
“Jests are, therefore, seldom harmless; jokes
frequently allowable. The most serious subject may be
degraded by being turned into a jest.” --Crabb.
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