jest
noun
a joke or witty remark; witticism.
Example Sentences
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Hamish says there is no excuse for anything beyond light-hearted jesting.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
“Some of you may know me as Kelly Bundy from ‘Married With Children,’” she continued, jesting that the audience didn’t need to applaud every time she does something.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 15, 2024
If all this jesting and jousting about historically documented misogyny, maternal misery and decapitation isn’t your goblet of grog after a while, “Six” smartly pivots in the final wife’s number, “I Don’t Need Your Love.”
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 13, 2023
But when he objected to her laughing, she said she realized he had not been jesting and just stared at him silently.
From New York Times ● May 4, 2022
The smithy said, “Are you jesting with me?”
From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis
