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A jest is a joke. Are you a playful prankster? A jocular jokester? A witty wisecracker? Then you are definitely well versed in the art of the jest.

To jest means to tease and joke in a playful way — like that "court jester"! Back in medieval times, the court jester was hired to tell funny gestes, or tales. But nowadays he's always cracking jokes and teasing the ladies about their wacky hairdos. All in jest of course. Otherwise the king would have his head.

DEFINITIONS OF: jest

n activity characterized by good humor

Synonyms:: jocularity, joke

Types:: drollery, waggery
a quaint and amusing jest; leg-pull, leg-pulling
as a joke: trying to make somebody believe something that is not true; pleasantry
an agreeable or amusing remark

Type of:: diversion, recreation
an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates

n a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter

“he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest”

Synonyms:: gag, jape, joke, laugh

Types:: show 9 types...; hide 9 types...; belly laugh, howler, riot, scream, sidesplitter, thigh-slapper, wow
a joke that seems extremely funny; blue joke, blue story, dirty joke, dirty story
an indelicate joke; ethnic joke
a joke at the expense of some ethnic group; funny, funny remark, funny story, good story
an account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line); in-joke
a joke that is appreciated only by members of some particular group of people; one-liner
a one-line joke; shaggy dog story
a long rambling joke whose humor derives from its pointlessness; sick joke
a joke in bad taste; sight gag, visual joke
a joke whose effect is achieved by visual means rather than by speech (as in a movie)

Type of:: humor, humour, wit, witticism, wittiness
a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter

v act in a funny or teasing way

Synonyms:: joke

Types:: antic, clown, clown around
act as or like a clown

Type of:: act, behave, do
behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself

v tell a joke; speak humorously

Synonyms:: joke

Types:: gag, quip
make jokes or quips; arse around, fool, fool around, horse around
indulge in horseplay; pun
make a play on words

Type of:: communicate, intercommunicate
transmit thoughts or feelings

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