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Another word for jest

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Noun

  1. An object of amusement or laughter

    See also:

    respect

  2. Words or actions intended to excite laughter or amusement

    See also:

    laughter

Verb

  1. To make jokes; behave playfully

    See also:

    laughter

  2. To make fun or make fun of

    Idioms:
    See also:

    respect

    laughter

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Another word for jest

Noun
  1. See also:

    joke

Idioms:

    in-jest

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Sentence Examples

  • He could jest, it was said, even in his last moments.

  • The elderly man had always started out each day by telling a silly jest to his wife.

  • In jest, he stated that Jonathan was merely seeking the best fashion example he could find.

  • Tony was not amused at the embarrassing jest made about him.

  • A few years later it began to be a standing jest that he was great in the sense that a pit is great: the more that is taken from it the greater it grows.

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