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Jest n. : A deed; an action; a gest.

Jest n. : A mask; a pageant; an interlude.

Jest n. : Something done or said in order to amuse; a joke; a witticism; a jocose or sportive remark or phrase. See Synonyms under Jest, v. i.

Jest v. i. : The object of laughter or sport; a laughingstock.

Jest v. i. : To take part in a merrymaking; -- especially, to act in a mask or interlude.

Jest v. i. : To make merriment by words or actions; to joke; to make light of anything.

Example:
Anyone have any insight as to why my Jest ski will only start when I remove one plug?

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synonyms
  (noun) joke
  (noun) gag
  (noun) laugh
  (noun) jape
  (noun) jocularity
  (noun) diversion
  (noun) humor
  (noun) humour
  (noun) recreation
  (noun) wit
  (noun) witticism
  (noun) wittiness
  (verb) joke
  (verb) act
  (verb) behave
  (verb) communicate
  (verb) do
  (verb) intercommunicate
related terms
  (verb) jest at


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