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Definition of jest verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

jest

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

(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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