jest

Oznaczający (English)

Noun

1. An act performed for amusement; a joke.
2. 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

Alternative spelling of just

Synonyms

joke

🤣

banter

fun

gag

prank

play

jape

pleasantry

mock

tease

wisecrack

trick

sport

humour

ridicule

kid

🧒

chaff

laugh

😆

sneer

jocularity

waggery

witticism

do

josh

practical joke

lark

laughing-stock

caprice

pun

quip

rally

flow

turn

trifle

mockery

move

taunt

jeer

jest at

hoax

farce

joking

play the fool

poke fun at

pull someone’s leg

repartee

rib

romp

ruse

scoff

scoffing

scorn

story

stubbornness

teasing

toy

wag

wit

funny story

Joe Miller

Josh

leg-pull

play a joke

mean person

comic story

act indecently

be silly over

talk foolishly

amusing story

crack

humorous story

comical story

take liberties with each other

tell a joke

joke with

joke fun

bon-mot

with a witticism

a

a

leg-pulling

amuse

amused

amusement

anecdote

antics

badinage

bawl

burlesque

cartoon

clown

comicality

defiance

derision

droll

drollery

flirtation

fool

for

frolic

funnies

funniness

game

gibe

gird

horseplay

in

jocosity

just for fun

kidding

laugh at

make fun

mimicry

mirth

mischief

obstinacy

of

out

out of spite

play around

playful

playfulness

Wymawiane jako (IPA)

/d͡ʒɛst/

Etymologia (English)

Inherited from średnioangielski: geste

In summary

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