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Meanings of jest in English
Synonyms
Examples for "laugh"
Examples for "laugh"
1
I am optimistic; I laugh; I play cards for money; I turkey-trot.
2
And of course,' Nish gave a short laugh, 'you must make allowances.
3
She made him laugh; and the furrows in the young brow disappeared.
4
Used his power to help people. She let out a tired laugh.
5
I hope people will read the book and have a good laugh.
1
Which means we clearly should have used said joke in the headline.
2
At times at East End Park, the joke threatened to come true.
3
Some of the sites they produce are terrific; others simply in-joke backchat.
4
Tell me the best joke you heard around the fire this year?
5
A joke … Something good … I have to say something good.
1
The injunction was never intended to gag parliament or attack free speech.
2
Google loves to unveil a good gag product on April Fool's Day.
3
Sir, -Years ago the late Paddy Crosbie had a relevant gag.
4
At some point the judge puts us all under a gag order.
5
Greatest gag in the country today is to send him live rabbits.
1
But his affected jocularity only seemed to depress his comrades the more.
2
Her startled flush arrested him, and his tone attained a sudden jocularity.
3
I thought Louis's attempt at jocularity most ill-timed, but I said nothing.
4
This jocularity of Denry's was a symptom that Denry's spirits were rising.
5
Then, in spite of this effort at jocularity, she held her breath.
1
This is not some strange jape of Littlefinger's? He sheathed his blade.
2
The Sphinx was always smiling, as if he knew some secret jape.
3
The French president, Emmanuel Macron, appeared particularly amused by the jape.
4
One of the smoking-room humorists mocked his accent and ventured a crude jape.
5
I'm only making a jest, madame, a bit of a jape.
Usage of jest in English
1
The words spoken in jest were in the nature of a prophecy.
2
Perhaps I should follow your horses, Marthona said, not entirely in jest.
3
But Microsoft does not regard car software as a subject for jest.
4
It was rather painful; you have spoken a true word in jest.
5
The user suggested police would understand the remarks were posted in jest.
6
In short, she was the talk and jest of the whole town.
7
Evidently she was doubtful whether I spoke in jest or in earnest.
8
His strength had been the jest and the admiration of the soldiers.
9
We shall be the talk and the jest of the whole county.
10
We began to laugh and jest; we talked incessantly all the time.
11
One never knows when you are in jest or when in earnest.
12
What her classmates said in jest must have driven her to despair.
13
Yet I sensed a jest somewhere in the background of his thoughts.
14
There is more of jest than of sorrow in the last line.
15
At first, I doubted whether she was in jest or in earnest.
16
I can tell all kinds of cars, jest by lookin' at 'em.
About this term
Frequent collocations
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Jest through the time
Jest across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common