jest

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (archaic) An act performed for amusement; a joke.
2. (archaic) Someone or something that is ridiculed; the target of a joke.
3. (obsolete) A deed; an action; a gest.
4. (obsolete) A mask; a pageant; an interlude.

Verb

To tell a joke; to talk in a playful manner; to make fun of something or someone.

Adv

Pronunciation spelling of just.

Sinonieme

joke

🤣

banter

fun

gag

jape

prank

play

pleasantry

tease

mock

sport

wisecrack

trick

kid

🧒

humour

ridicule

laugh

😆

waggery

chaff

witticism

sneer

jocularity

flow

lark

turn

taunt

caprice

josh

farce

quip

rally

practical joke

do

mockery

hoax

move

jeer

jest at

laughing-stock

pun

trifle

joking

game

comicality

funniness

funnies

clown

badinage

frolic

laugh at

Vertalings

scherzare

🤣

broma

🤣

plaisanter

🤣

scherzo

🤣

bromear

🤣

badiner

plaisanterie

🤣

schertsen

🤣

Scherz

🤣

badinage

🤣

celiare

scherzen

🤣

gracejar

gracejo

αστειεύομαι

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/d͡ʒɛst/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: geste

In summary

From Middle English geste (“idle tale”), from Old French geste (“acts, exploits”), from Latin gesta (“acts, deeds”). Doublet of gest.