Jests

noun

/dʒɛsts/

Word Frequency: 0.3

Definitions

1.nounAn act performed for amusement; a joke.

2.nounSomeone or something that is ridiculed; the target of a joke.

"Your majesty, stop him before he makes you the jest of the court."

3.nounA deed; an action; a gest.

4.nounA mask; a pageant; an interlude.

5.verbTo tell a joke; to talk in a playful manner; to make fun of something or someone.

"Surely you jest!"

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