Definizione monolingua

jest

jest (third-person singular simple present jests, present participle jesting, simple past and past participle jested)

1. To tell a joke; to talk in a playful manner; to make fun of something or someone.

   Surely you jest!

jest (plural jests)

1. (archaic) An act performed for amusement; a joke.

   I shall not succumb to your jests!

2. (obsolete) Someone or something that is ridiculed; the target of a joke.

   Your majesty, stop him before he makes you the jest of the court.

Definizione dizionario jest

	scherzo
	joke

scherzare

	barzelletta
	joke

	battuta
	joke

	oggetto di scherno
	target of a joke

beffa

burla

burlare

canzonatura

celia

facezia

lazzo

Altri significati:

(obsolete) Someone or something that is ridiculed; the target of a joke.

to tell a joke

clown (around)

To tell a joke; to talk in a playful manner; to make fun of something or someone.

(archaic) An act performed for amusement; a joke.