transcription, транскрипция: [ dʒest ]
( jests, jesting, jested)
1.
A jest is something that you say that is intended to be amusing. ( FORMAL )
It was a jest rather than a reproach...
= joke
N-COUNT
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If you say something in jest , you do not mean it seriously, but want to be amusing.
Don’t say that, even in jest...
≠ seriously
PHRASE : PHR after v
2.
If you jest , you tell jokes or say amusing things. ( FORMAL )
He enjoyed drinking and jesting with his cronies...
= joke
VERB : V