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jestnoun an attitude or manner not to be taken seriouslyyou should know that our teasing was done entirely in jest fun, game, play, sport facetiousness, flightiness, flippancy, frivolity, frivolousness, frothiness, levity, light-mindedness, silliness earnest earnestness, gravity, seriousness, soberness, sobriety, solemnity something said or done to cause laughterlaughed politely at his feeble jest about his pet mosquito boff(or boffo), boffola, crack, drollery, funny, gag, giggle(chiefly British), jape, joke, josh, laugh, nifty, one-liner, pleasantry, quip, rib, sally, waggery, wisecrack, witticism, yuk(or yuck also yak or yock, slang) funning, joking, wisecrackingknee-slapper, panic(slang), riot, scream, thigh-slapperantic, buffoonery, caper, leg-pull, monkeyshine(s), practical joke, prank, trickburlesque, caricature, lampoon, mock, mockery, parody, put-on, riffbanter, kidding, persiflage, raillery, reparteedrollness, facetiousness, funniness, hilariousness, humorousnesscomedy, humor, wit, wordplay a playful or mischievous act intended as a jokeputting a mouse in her desk drawer was intended to be a harmless jest antic, caper, capriccio, dido, escapade, frolic, gag, knavery, monkeyshine(s), practical joke, prank, rag(chiefly British), roguery, shavie(Scottish), shine(s), trick, waggery skylarkingadventure, experience, game, lark, timehigh jinks(also hijinks), horseplay, play, roughhousing, rowdyismshenanigan(s), tomfooleryjoking, kidding, teasinggambit, hoax, maneuver, ploydeed, feat, mission, performance, stuntcaprice, conceit, fancy, vagary, whim, whimsy(also whimsey)deceit, deception, delusion, fooling, fraud, hanky-panky, hoodwinking, ruse, sham, stratagem, subterfuge, trickery, wile a person or thing that is made fun ofhis outlandish costumes made him the jest of the town butt, derision, joke, laughingstock, mark, mock, mockery, sport, target chump, dupe, fall guy, fool, gull, monkey, pigeon, sap, sucker, victim darling, favorite, pet jestverbto make jokeswhen I asked my sister for a loan, she laughingly replied, "Surely you jest!" banter, chaff, fool, fun, gag, jape, jive, joke, jolly, josh, kid, quip, wisecrack, yuk(or yuck, slang) gibe(or jibe), haze, jeer, mock, rag, rally, razz, rib, ridicule, teasecaricature, lampoon, parody, satirizeamuse, divert, entertain crack wise n.fun, jest, sport, game, play mean action or speech that provides amusement or arouses laughter.fun usually implies laughter or gaiety but may imply merely a lack of serious or ulterior purpose.played cards just for fun jest implies lack of earnestness and may suggest a hoaxing or teasing.hurt by remarks said only in jest sport applies especially to the arousing of laughter against someone.teasing begun in sport led to anger game is close to sport, and often stresses mischievous or malicious fun.made game of their poor relations play stresses the opposition to earnest without implying any malice or mischief.pretended to strangle his brother in play ca. 1548 |