jest
jest
ʤɛst
jest
/d‍ʒˈɛst/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "jest"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āϰāϏāĻŋāĻ•āϤāĻž, āĻ•ā§ŒāϤ⧁āĻ•

a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
jest definition and meaning
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āϰāϏāĻŋāĻ•āϤāĻž, āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏ

activity characterized by good humor
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āϰāϏāĻŋāĻ•āϤāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to say something humorous or playful in a lighthearted manner
Intransitive
to jest definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He jested about his recent trip, pretending he had gotten lost for hours.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻŽā§āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻ• āĻ­ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āϰāϏāĻŋāĻ•āϤāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ, āĻ­āĻžāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϝ⧇ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϘāĻ¨ā§āϟāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āϘāĻ¨ā§āϟāĻž āĻšāĻžāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āϰāϏāĻŋāĻ•āϤāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to say or do something playfully or without serious intent
Intransitive
to jest definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
" Do n’t jest with me about such serious matters, " she said, frowning.
ÂĢ āĻāϤ āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āϤāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϰāϏāĻŋāĻ•āϤāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧋ āύāĻž Âģ, āϏ⧇ āĻŦāϞāϞ, āĻ­ā§āϰ⧁ āϕ⧁āρāϚāϕ⧇āĨ¤
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