jests in English

noun
1
a thing said or done for amusement; a joke.
there are jests about administrative gaffes
verb
1
speak or act in a joking manner.
you jest, surely?
synonyms:fool aroundplay a practical joketeasekidpull someone's legpull/jerk/yank someone's chainhave someone onfunjokequipgagtell jokescrack jokeswisecrack
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1. 4 He jests at scars that never felt a wound. 

2. Bourder definition: a person who jests or jokes Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples

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4. His mirth is Bawdy jests with the wenches, and, behind the door, Bawdy earnest

5. All jests aside, we're in big trouble. A witticism is a witty, usually cleverly phrased remark.

6. Synonyms for Boffolas include jokes, jests, gags, quips, witticisms, wisecracks, crack, joshes, funnies and japes

7. Banter (v.) "attack with good-humored jokes and jests," 1670s, origin uncertain; said by Swift to be a word from London street slang

8. He was even crustier and Bawdier than the rest of the family, delighting, she sometimes thought, at making her blush scarlet at his coarse jests

9. No Merry Andrew, to stir up the multitude with jests, perhaps hundreds of years old, but still effective, by their appeals to the very broadest sources of mirthful sympathy.

10. The Bagpipe is certainly a very respectable instrument, but its loudness and the fact that it keeps hardly in tune is why it is the source of many jests among musicians.

11. This page shows answers to the clue Buffoonery.Buffoonery may be defined as “Acting like a clown or buffoon”, “Clowning acting like a clown or buffoon” and “The arts and practices of a buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks