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Definition of jest in English: jestnoun dʒɛstdʒɛst 1A thing said or done for amusement; a joke. 俏皮话，笑话；玩笑 he laughed uproariously at his own jest mass noun it was said in jest 只是开玩笑说说而已。 Example sentencesExamples - Mr. Tomlinson said that his comment was in jest and that he couldn't imagine how remarks at ‘a fun occasion’ were taken the wrong way.
- Keith, aged 33, said: ‘A year later I asked her to marry me in jest and she said yes, so I asked her properly… after a few beers.’
- Shouldn't we all be nervous whenever we hear, even in jest, the word ‘czar’ being bandied about?
- What made the visit unusual was that along with the rest of the audience, the President laughed freely in response to the jokes and jests.
- I said this in jest but should have known better.
- He scowled, then, thinking back on their jests and jokes with each other.
- I think it was a joke, but many a true word is said in jest.
- In jest, my husband reminds me just how expensive each Christmas card is every year.
- In jest, he tells Jake he shouldn't talk about his injury, making it a mystery like Henry's bicycle.
- In jest or not, this is not particularly sporting if you ask me.
- These last two are severe sins within an Islamic worldview, and accusing others of having committed them - even in jest - is considered unacceptable.
- Quebec never made demands to the federal government in jest or with flippant jokes.
- ‘Optimism,’ he writes, paraphrasing Marx in jest, ‘is the Opium of the people!’
- Sure, one could say that the sexual shirts are an exaggeration - that they should be read in jest - but they still insinuate where your value lies.
- ‘Saving the world is now a daily chore,’ Bono joked to The New York Times - even in jest, it's a completely ridiculous thing to say.
- They tell jokes, they make jests, they perform plays.
- At the same time, however, he admits, ‘a lot of truth is said in jest.’
- ‘No, I am not okay,’ replied Ferry, perhaps only half in jest, ‘I look absolutely awful in that picture.’
- I was accused, only partly in jest, of being a Communist.
- He often said that in jest, and Kat joked about it with him.
Synonyms joke, witticism, funny remark, gag, quip, sally, pun, play on words French bon mot informal crack, wisecrack, one-liner, funny, comeback repartee, banter prank, joke, practical joke, piece of mischief, hoax, trick, jape informal leg-pull, put-on, lark North American informal dido in fun, as a joke, tongue in cheek, playfully, jokingly, light-heartedly, facetiously, flippantly, frivolously, for a laugh to tease, teasingly, banteringly, whimsically - 1.1archaic An object of derision.
〈古〉笑料，笑柄 lowly virtue is the jest of fools 平凡的美德是傻瓜的笑柄。
verb dʒɛstdʒɛst [no object]Speak in a joking way. 开玩笑，打趣 想必你在开玩笑吧？ Example sentencesExamples - ‘How about Langstroth pull-through’, I jested.
- ‘Tell Trace there won't be any need to thank me,’ she jested.
- Once they reached the top of the stairs, Lily jested, ‘Antsy, are we?’
- ‘Why Ben,’ he jested, ‘it's been a while since I've seen your chin so white!’
- ‘I try to write songs that people can find something to relate to - I'm more Neil Young than Will Young,’ he jested.
- With Shanza's hand still clasped in his hold, Zethus jested wryly, ‘Too bad I'm not a palm reader.’
- He made mention of the loud Canadian ‘blokes’ who crudely jested and taunted him from across a busy downtown street.
- I sipped my ale, and wondered what if anything the two men had spoken of while I jested with Hildfleda.
- ‘If you weren't cousins I would question your motives for taking this one away,’ he jested to Ashton about Grace.
- He jested that there was no way she could manage both events, as it would take about three weeks to make the journey on a Virgin train.
- Indeed, the skipper jested with his manager about being forced to travel with the squad to the Valley.
- ‘C'mon, my treat,’ Nocte jested, and won her over.
- ‘Maybe he was visited by a phantom,’ someone jested.
- ‘Just wait until you see him,’ she slowly jested.
- ‘You haven't seen anything, yet,’ Ikeda jested back playfully.
- Mocking a few for not knowing the band's hometown heroes the MC5, the Suicide Machines joked and jested throughout a powerful (but disturbingly short) set.
- ‘Tonight shows my sense of fortitude and courage,’ he jested.
- ‘You youngsters wear me out,’ she jested affably.
- ‘Someone,’ she jested, playing with her buckles on her leather jacket, ‘who knows you well.’
- ‘Yes,’ she jested, but she kissed him again: this time longer.
Synonyms joke, crack, quip, gag, sally, pun tell jokes, crack jokes, banter informal wisecrack fool, fool about/around, play a prank, play a practical joke, tease, hoax informal kid, wind up, have on, pull someone's leg, make a monkey out of North American informal pull someone's chain, fun, shuck
Derivativesadjective ˈdʒɛstɪŋˈdʒɛstɪŋ Said or done for amusement; joking. 俏皮话，笑话；玩笑 a jesting commentary on world affairs Example sentencesExamples - ‘Oh,’ his friend replied in a jesting tone, ‘Henry the bookworm is wondering?’
- Kiyone grinned, but it wasn't a grin of jesting, it was more of the kind that goes along with malicious intent.
- There is, however, no other trace in the book of a jesting spirit at work.
adverb ˈdʒɛstɪŋliˈdʒɛstɪŋli She nudged me jestingly in the arm with her elbow. Example sentencesExamples - Gemma was jestingly calling me ‘Meaghan Morris’.
- ‘Don't get us wrong: We love the drafty old building,’ The Onion jestingly quoted Hastert saying.
OriginLate Middle English: from earlier gest, from Old French geste, from Latin gesta 'actions, exploits', from gerere 'do'. The original sense was 'heroic deed', hence 'a narrative of such deeds'; later the term denoted an idle tale, hence a joke. In the Middle Ages a jest was not a joke but a notable exploit. It was spelled gest, and came from the Latin word gesta ‘actions, exploits’. It has the same root as gesture (Late Middle English). Jest came to be used for a narrative of someone's deeds, and from that became a word for ‘an idle story’ and then ‘a joke’.
Rhymesabreast, arrest, attest, beau geste, behest, bequest, best, blessed, blest, breast, Brest, Bucharest, Budapest, celeste, chest, contest, crest, digest, divest, guest, hest, infest, ingest, lest, Midwest, molest, nest, northwest, pest, prestressed, protest, quest, rest, self-addressed, self-confessed, self-possessed, southwest, suggest, test, Trieste, unaddressed, unexpressed, unimpressed, unpressed, unstressed, vest, west, wrest, zest Definition of jest in US English: jestnounjestdʒɛst 1A thing said or done for amusement; a joke. 俏皮话，笑话；玩笑 只是开玩笑说说而已。 there are jests about administrative gaffes 有许多管理方面出丑的笑话。 Example sentencesExamples - These last two are severe sins within an Islamic worldview, and accusing others of having committed them - even in jest - is considered unacceptable.
- In jest, my husband reminds me just how expensive each Christmas card is every year.
- Shouldn't we all be nervous whenever we hear, even in jest, the word ‘czar’ being bandied about?
- I said this in jest but should have known better.
- He scowled, then, thinking back on their jests and jokes with each other.
- In jest or not, this is not particularly sporting if you ask me.
- At the same time, however, he admits, ‘a lot of truth is said in jest.’
- Mr. Tomlinson said that his comment was in jest and that he couldn't imagine how remarks at ‘a fun occasion’ were taken the wrong way.
- Keith, aged 33, said: ‘A year later I asked her to marry me in jest and she said yes, so I asked her properly… after a few beers.’
- They tell jokes, they make jests, they perform plays.
- ‘Optimism,’ he writes, paraphrasing Marx in jest, ‘is the Opium of the people!’
- In jest, he tells Jake he shouldn't talk about his injury, making it a mystery like Henry's bicycle.
- ‘No, I am not okay,’ replied Ferry, perhaps only half in jest, ‘I look absolutely awful in that picture.’
- He often said that in jest, and Kat joked about it with him.
- Sure, one could say that the sexual shirts are an exaggeration - that they should be read in jest - but they still insinuate where your value lies.
- I was accused, only partly in jest, of being a Communist.
- Quebec never made demands to the federal government in jest or with flippant jokes.
- ‘Saving the world is now a daily chore,’ Bono joked to The New York Times - even in jest, it's a completely ridiculous thing to say.
- What made the visit unusual was that along with the rest of the audience, the President laughed freely in response to the jokes and jests.
- I think it was a joke, but many a true word is said in jest.
Synonyms joke, witticism, funny remark, gag, quip, sally, pun, play on words prank, joke, practical joke, piece of mischief, hoax, trick, jape in fun, as a joke, tongue in cheek, playfully, jokingly, light-heartedly, facetiously, flippantly, frivolously, for a laugh - 1.1archaic An object of derision.
〈古〉笑料，笑柄 lowly virtue is the jest of fools 平凡的美德是傻瓜的笑柄。
verbjestdʒɛst [no object]Speak or act in a joking manner. 开玩笑，打趣 想必你在开玩笑吧？ with direct speech “I don't know about maturing,” jests William “我不知道什么是成熟，"威廉打趣道。 Example sentencesExamples - ‘C'mon, my treat,’ Nocte jested, and won her over.
- Mocking a few for not knowing the band's hometown heroes the MC5, the Suicide Machines joked and jested throughout a powerful (but disturbingly short) set.
- He jested that there was no way she could manage both events, as it would take about three weeks to make the journey on a Virgin train.
- ‘If you weren't cousins I would question your motives for taking this one away,’ he jested to Ashton about Grace.
- ‘Someone,’ she jested, playing with her buckles on her leather jacket, ‘who knows you well.’
- ‘You haven't seen anything, yet,’ Ikeda jested back playfully.
- ‘Maybe he was visited by a phantom,’ someone jested.
- Once they reached the top of the stairs, Lily jested, ‘Antsy, are we?’
- ‘I try to write songs that people can find something to relate to - I'm more Neil Young than Will Young,’ he jested.
- ‘Tell Trace there won't be any need to thank me,’ she jested.
- ‘How about Langstroth pull-through’, I jested.
- I sipped my ale, and wondered what if anything the two men had spoken of while I jested with Hildfleda.
- ‘Tonight shows my sense of fortitude and courage,’ he jested.
- Indeed, the skipper jested with his manager about being forced to travel with the squad to the Valley.
- ‘Yes,’ she jested, but she kissed him again: this time longer.
- ‘Just wait until you see him,’ she slowly jested.
- With Shanza's hand still clasped in his hold, Zethus jested wryly, ‘Too bad I'm not a palm reader.’
- He made mention of the loud Canadian ‘blokes’ who crudely jested and taunted him from across a busy downtown street.
- ‘You youngsters wear me out,’ she jested affably.
- ‘Why Ben,’ he jested, ‘it's been a while since I've seen your chin so white!’
Synonyms joke, crack, quip, gag, sally, pun fool, fool about, fool around, play a prank, play a practical joke, tease, hoax
OriginLate Middle English: from earlier gest, from Old French geste, from Latin gesta ‘actions, exploits’, from gerere ‘do’. The original sense was ‘heroic deed’, hence ‘a narrative of such deeds’; later the term denoted an idle tale, hence a joke. |