Jest (Noun)
Meaning 1
A humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter; "he told a very funny joke"; "he knows a million gags"; "thanks for the laugh"; "he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest"; "even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point".
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Synonyms
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
- Good Story
- Wow
- One-liner
- Sight Gag
- Sick Joke
- Sidesplitter
- Funny Remark
- Visual Joke
- Scream
- Funny Story
- Riot
- Howler
- Ethnic Joke
- In-joke
- Dirty Joke
- Blue Joke
- Dirty Story
- Belly Laugh
- Shaggy Dog Story
Related Words
Meaning 2
Activity characterized by good humor.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The comedian's jest about the current events had everyone in the room in stitches.
- Throughout the banquet, the king's fool took great pleasure in cracking a jest or two to lighten the mood.
- At the office party, John's silly pranks and jest were the talk of the night.
- The children played a jest on their teacher by putting silly stickers on her chair.
- Mark's jest about his sister's cooking had everyone at the dinner table laughing hysterically.