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Definition of jest verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

jest

 verb
verb
NAmE//dʒɛst//
 
[intransitive, transitive] jest (about something) + speech (formal or )Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they jest
 
 he / she / it jests
 
 past simple jested
 
 -ing form jesting
 
 
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(humorous) to say things that are not serious or true, especially in order to make someone laugh synonym joke Would I jest about such a thing?
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