How to pronounce “jest”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• (archaic) An act performed for amusement; a joke.
• (archaic) Someone or something that is ridiculed; the target of a joke.
• (obsolete) A deed; an action; a gest.
• (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.

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