jest

jest has 10 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 4.

Definitions

• n.. A deed; an action; a gest.
• n.. A mask; a pageant; an interlude.
• n.. Something done or said in order to amuse; a joke; a witticism; a jocose or sportive remark or phrase. See Synonyms under Jest, v. i.
• v. i.. The object of laughter or sport; a laughingstock.
• v. i.. To take part in a merrymaking; -- especially, to act in a mask or interlude.
• v. i.. To make merriment by words or actions; to joke; to make light of anything.
• n.. activity characterized by good humor
• n.. a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter; "he told a very funny joke"; "he knows a million gags"; "thanks for the laugh"; "he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest"; "even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point"
• v.. act in a funny or teasing way
• v.. tell a joke; speak humorously; "He often jokes even when he appears serious"