JEST

noun a deed; an action; a gest.

2. jest ·vi the object of laughter or sport; a laughingstock.

3. jest ·noun a mask; a pageant; an interlude.

4. jest ·vi to take part in a merrymaking;

— especially, to act in a mask or interlude.

5. jest ·vi to make merriment by words or actions; to joke; to make light of anything.

6. jest ·noun something done or said in order to amuse; a joke; a witticism; a jocose or sportive remark or phrase. ·see synonyms under jest, ·vi.