jest

jest
Synonyms and related words:
Parthian shot, a continental, a curse, a damn, a darn, a hoot, back answer, badinage, bagatelle, banter, bauble, be merry with, bean, belly laugh, bibelot, bit, blue story, brass farthing, butt, button, byword, byword of reproach, caustic remark, cent, chaff, comeback, crack, crack a joke, crack wise, curio, cut, cutting remark, derision, dig, dirty joke, dirty story, double entendre, drollery, dump, dupe, ethnic joke, exchange, fair game, farce, farthing, feather, fig, figure of fun, fleabite, fleer, fleer at, flout, folderol, fool, foolery, fooling, fooling around, fribble, frippery, fun, funny story, gag, game, gaud, gazingstock, gewgaw, gibe, gibe at, gibing retort, gimcrack, gird, give-and-take, goat, good one, good story, good-natured banter, hair, halfpenny, harmless teasing, haze, hill of beans, howler, jab, jape, jeer, jestbook, jestingstock, jive, joke, jolly, josh, kickshaw, kid, kid around, kidding, kidding around, knickknack, knickknackery, laugh, laughingstock, leg-pull, make a funny, make fun, make fun of, minikin, mock, mockery, molehill, monkey, needle, panic, parting shot, peppercorn, persiflage, picayune, pilgarlic, pin, pinch of snuff, pinprick, play, play on words, pleasantry, point, poke fun at, pun, put on, put-down, put-on, quip, rag, raillery, rally, rallying, rap, razz, red cent, rib, rib tickler, ride, ridicule, riot, roast, row of pins, rude reproach, rush, scintillate, scoff, scoff at, scream, scurrility, shit, short answer, sick joke, sidesplitter, sight gag, slam, slap, snap, sneeshing, sou, sparkle, sport, stock, story, straw, swipe, target, taunt, tease, toy, trifle, trinket, triviality, tuppence, twit, two cents, twopence, utter a mot, verbal thrust, victim, visual joke, waggery, wheeze, whim-wham, wisecrack, witticism, wow, yak, yarn

Moby Thesaurus. . 1996.

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  • jest — jȅst DEFINICIJA 1. 3. l. jd prez. gl. biti 2. a. doslovno uzv. kojim se potvrđuju riječi sugovornika u dijaloškoj situaciji; da, opr. ne, nije b. iron. neslaganje ili negiranje onoga što sugovornik kaže u zn. to je nemoguće, ne dolazi u obzir;… …   Hrvatski jezični portal

  • Jest — (j[e^]st), n. [OE. jeste, geste, deed, action, story, tale, OF. geste, LL. gesta, orig., exploits, neut. pl. from L. gestus, p. p. of gerere to bear, carry, accomplish, perform; perh. orig., to make to come, bring, and perh. akin to E. come. Cf.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Jest — Jest, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Jested}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Jesting}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To take part in a merrymaking; especially, to act in a mask or interlude. [Obs.] Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To make merriment by words or actions; to joke; to make… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • jest — jest·ee; jest·er; jest·ing·ly; jest; …   English syllables

  • jest — [n] joke banter, bon mot, crack, fun, funny, gag, game, hoax, jive, jolly, laugh, one liner*, play, pleasantry, prank, quip, rib, rib tickler*, ridicule, sally, spoof, sport, wisecrack, witticism; concept 273 jest [v] joke banter, chaff, deride,… …   New thesaurus

  • jest — [jest] n. [ME geste < OFr, an exploit, tale of exploits < L gesta, neut. pl. pp. of gerere, to perform, carry out] 1. Obs. a notable deed 2. a mocking or bantering remark; jibe; taunt 3. a joke; witticism 4. a lighthearted action or mood;… …   English World dictionary

  • jest — index jape Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • jest — (èst) sr DEFINICIJA lingv. ime slova stare glagoljičke i ćiriličke azbuke; izgovaralo se vjerojatno kao meko, palatalno rusko e …   Hrvatski jezični portal

  • jest — n 1 *joke, jape, quip, witticism, wisecrack, crack, gag Analogous words: *badinage, persiflage, raillery: bantering or banter, chaffing or chaff, jollying or jolly (see BANTER vb): twitting or twit, ridiculing or ridicule, deriding …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • jest — ► NOUN ▪ a joke. ► VERB ▪ speak or act in a joking manner. ORIGIN originally in the sense «exploit, heroic deed»: from Old French geste, from Latin gesta actions, exploits …   English terms dictionary

  • jest|er — «JEHS tuhr», noun. 1. a person who jests. 2. a person who amused the family of a king or nobleman by performing antics similar to those of a clown …   Useful english dictionary

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