Dictionary Entry
jest
jest is a 4-letter English word with 10 senses as noun, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A deed; an action; a gest. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 13 · 10 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
A deed; an action; a gest.
- 2noun
A mask; a pageant; an interlude.
- 3noun
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.
- 4intransitive verb
The object of laughter or sport; a laughingstock.
- 5intransitive verb
To take part in a merrymaking; -- especially, to act in a mask or interlude.
- 6intransitive verb
To make merriment by words or actions; to joke; to make light of anything.
- 7noun
activity characterized by good humor
Synonyms
- 8noun
a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
"he told a very funny joke"
"he knows a million gags"
- 9verb
act in a funny or teasing way
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- 10verb
tell a joke; speak humorously
"He often jokes even when he appears serious"
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