Definitions for jest

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IPA: /dʒɛst/

Jest is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 20 anagrams from letters in jest (ejst).

Definitions for jest

noun

1. a joke or witty remark; witticism.
2. a bantering remark; a piece of good-natured ridicule; taunt.
3. sport or fun:
4. the object of laughter, sport, or mockery; laughing-stock.
5. Obsolete. an exploit. Compare gest.

verb (used with object)

1. to deride or joke at; banter.

verb (used without object)

1. to speak in a playful, humorous, or facetious way; joke.
2. to speak or act in mere sport, rather than in earnest; trifle (often followed by with):
3. to utter derisive speeches; gibe or scoff.

Origin of jest

1250-1300; Middle English; variant spelling of gest

Examples for jest

And this explosion was fictional and in jest, so you can call it a pretty big hoot!

After a while, he began to jest that there were snipers across the street trying to get him.

But you can last longer if you jest keep the system in mind a little.

She says it's the only place fur folks with money, jest like you say.

But he tells me the line was “said in jest” and that “there is no clue there.”

Rawcus has to provide a solid argument in his rhetoric to make such an accusation, even in jest.

And jest when I was lookin' forward to luxury and palaces in England, and everything so grand!

It may have been said in jest, but a legion of Hollywood actresses would have nodded ruefully in unison.

Say, you come out with me some night jest in your workin' clothes.

"I jest can't keep him off the streets nights," was his chief complaint.