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UK
/dʒˈɛst/
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[ US /ˈdʒɛst/ ]
[ US /ˈdʒɛst/ ]
VERB
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tell a joke; speak humorously
He often jokes even when he appears serious - act in a funny or teasing way
NOUN
- activity characterized by good humor
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a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest
he told a very funny joke
he knows a million gags
even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point
thanks for the laugh
How To Use jest In A Sentence
- Seeing these majestic and beautiful creatures in their natural habitat was one of the most moving and incredible experiences of my life. The Sun
- The list also includes Her Majesty The Queen, eight more Dukes, five Marquesses, thirteen Earls, five Viscounts, twenty-three Lords, seven Baronets, fifty-four Knights, two Dames and six Ladies.
- Her majesty awarded a distinction upon 〔 to 〕 the retiring Prime Minister.
- I stood enthralled, astonished by the vastness and majesty of the cathedral
- Beddoes as a writer of brief lyric poems, songs exhumed from the bodies of his dramas, and for the bizarre, sprawling Death's Jest Book. Introduction
- They said that as their longer "taciturnity" might cause the ruin of his Majesty's affairs, they were at last compelled to break silence. The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Complete (1555-84)
- And though you could not mark the delicacies of faces, you could have the full effect of costumes, -- rich, majestic, floating, gossamery, impalpable. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 70, August, 1863
- ‘I try to write songs that people can find something to relate to - I'm more Neil Young than Will Young,’ he jested.
- Intendants and servitors were giving orders on all sides, frequently contradictory, and gardeners were furbishing up the alleyed walks and flower beds in readiness for _Sa Majesté Louis Royal Palaces and Parks of France
- She passes on in unblenched majesty," said Lady Delacour. Tales and Novels — Volume 03
