Jest

Noun

 * 1)  An act performed for amusement; a joke.
 * I shall not succumb to your jests!
 * 1)  Someone or something that is ridiculed; the target of a joke.
 * Your majesty, stop him before he makes you the jest of the court.

Synonyms

 * prank, gag, laughingstock, banter, crack, wisecrack, witticism
 * See also Thesaurus:joke

Verb

 * 1) To tell a joke; to talk in a playful manner; to make fun of something or someone.
 * Surely you jest!

Synonyms

 * banter, kid, mock, tease

Thesaurus
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

Etymology
From geste:, from   geste:, from  gesta:

Noun

 * Finnish: ,
 * Hungarian: tréfa, tréfálkozás
 * Italian:, , battuta


 * : gracejo
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish: broma, chiste


 * Finnish: ,
 * Hungarian: nevetség tárgya


 * Italian: oggetto di scherno
 * Russian:


 * : blaguer
 * : spass machen

Verb

 * Finnish:
 * Hungarian: tréfálkozik
 * Latin:


 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:

Derived terms

 * jester
 * jestingly

Anagrams

 * jets, Jets

Verb
jest


 * 1) is, 3rd person singular present tense of być (to be)
 * 2) * usage with adjectives
 * Ona jest ładna &mdash; She's pretty
 * 1) * usage with noun complements: takes the instrumental case
 * Agnieszka jest studentką &mdash; Agnieszka is a student.
 * 1)  is, equals (see also wynosi)
 * dwa plus dwa jest cztery &mdash; Two plus two is four