jest
Cross references:
1. fun
1. jest \'jest\ n [ME geste, fr. OF, fr. L gesta deeds, fr. neut. pl. of
gestus], pp. of gerere to bear, wage - more at CAST 1a: an act intended to
provoke laughter : PRANK 1b: a comic incident 2a: JEER 2b: a witty
remark 3a: a frivolous mood or manner {spoken in ~} 3b: gaiety and
merriment 4: LAUGHINGSTOCK mean something said for the purpose of evoking
laughter. JEST is chiefly literary and applies to any utterance not
seriously intended whether sarcastic, ironic, witty, or merely playful;
JOKE may apply to an act as well as an utterance and suggests no intent to
hurt feelings; QUIP implies lightness and neatness of phrase more
definitely than JEST; WITTICISM and WISECRACK both stress cleverness of
phrasing and both may suggest flippancy or unfeelingness SYN syn JEST,
JOKE, QUIP, WITTICISM, WISECRACK
2. jest vi 1: to utter taunts : GIBE 2: to speak or act without
seriousness 3: to make a witty remark : JOKE : to make fun of