jestnoun
uk/dʒest/us/dʒest/formal[ C ] something that is said or done in order to be funny:
His proposal was no jest - he was completely sincere.
in jest
intended as a joke and not said seriously:
I only said it in jest - you're obviously not fat.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Humour & humorous
- a bundle of laughs idiom
- blackly
- bring
- bundle
- crack
- don't make me laugh! idiom
- funny ha-ha or funny peculiar? idiom
- gallows humour
- hysterical
- jocular
- josh
- killing
- lambent
- laugh
- sarcasm
- satirize
- tickle
- tongue
- witty
- wordplay
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Idiom(s)
many a true word is spoken in jest
jestverb [ I ]
uk/dʒest/us/dʒest/to say something intended to be funny:
Would I jest about something so important?
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Humour & humorous
- a bundle of laughs idiom
- blackly
- bring
- bundle
- crack
- don't make me laugh! idiom
- funny ha-ha or funny peculiar? idiom
- gallows humour
- hysterical
- jocular
- josh
- killing
- lambent
- laugh
- sarcasm
- satirize
- tickle
- tongue
- witty
- wordplay
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