All jest synonyms
jest
J j noun jest
- joke β something said or done to provoke laughter or cause amusement, as a witticism, a short and amusing anecdote, or a prankish act: He tells very funny jokes. She played a joke on him.
- prank β a trick of an amusing, playful, or sometimes malicious nature.
- gag β to introduce usually comic interpolations into (a script, an actor's part, or the like) (usually followed by up).
- canard β A canard is an idea or a piece of information that is false, especially one that is spread deliberately in order to harm someone or their work.
- spoof β a mocking imitation of someone or something, usually light and good-humored; lampoon or parody: The show was a spoof of college life.
- hoax β something intended to deceive or defraud: The Piltdown man was a scientific hoax.
- quip β a clever or witty remark or comment.
- jape β to jest; joke; gibe.
- banter β Banter is teasing or joking talk that is amusing and friendly.
- crack β If something hard cracks, or if you crack it, it becomes slightly damaged, with lines appearing on its surface.
- fun β something that provides mirth or amusement: A picnic would be fun.
- funny β funnies. comic strips. Also called funny paper. the section of a newspaper reserved for comic strips, word games, etc.
- game β an amusement or pastime: children's games.
- jive β swing music or early jazz.
- jolly β in good spirits; lively; merry: In a moment he was as jolly as ever.
- laugh β to express mirth, pleasure, derision, or nervousness with an audible, vocal expulsion of air from the lungs that can range from a loud burst of sound to a series of quiet chuckles and is usually accompanied by characteristic facial and bodily movements.
- one-liner β a brief joke or amusing remark.
- play β a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- pleasantry β good-humored teasing; banter.
- rib β one of a series of curved bones that are articulated with the vertebrae and occur in pairs, 12 in humans, on each side of the vertebrate body, certain pairs being connected with the sternum and forming the thoracic wall.
- ridicule β speech or action intended to cause contemptuous laughter at a person or thing; derision.
- sally β a sortie of troops from a besieged place upon an enemy.
- sport β an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.
- wisecrack β a smart or facetious remark.
- witticism β a witty remark or sentence.
- bon mot β A bon mot is a clever, witty remark.
- rib-tickler β very amusing; funny or hilarious: a book of rib-tickling stories.
verb jest
- kid β Thomas, 1558β94, English dramatist.
- tease β to irritate or provoke with persistent petty distractions, trifling raillery, or other annoyance, often in sport.
- clown β A clown is a performer in a circus who wears funny clothes and bright make-up, and does silly things in order to make people laugh.
- chaff β Chaff is the outer part of grain such as wheat. It is removed before the grain is used as food.
- deride β If you deride someone or something, you say that they are stupid or have no value.
- flout β to treat with disdain, scorn, or contempt; scoff at; mock: to flout the rules of propriety.
- fool β to trick, deceive, or impose on: They tried to fool him.
- gibe β to shift from one side to the other when running before the wind, as a fore-and-aft sail or its boom.
- gird β to gibe or jeer at; taunt.
- jeer β to speak or shout derisively; scoff or gibe rudely: Don't jeer unless you can do better.
- josh β a male given name, form of Joshua.
- mock β to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision.
- needle β a small, slender, rodlike instrument, usually of polished steel, with a sharp point at one end and an eye or hole for thread at the other, for passing thread through cloth to make stitches in sewing.
- rag β a musical composition in ragtime: a piano rag.
- razz β to deride; make fun of; tease.
- roast β to bake (meat or other food) uncovered, especially in an oven.
- scoff β to speak derisively; mock; jeer (often followed by at): If you can't do any better, don't scoff. Their efforts toward a peaceful settlement are not to be scoffed at.
- sneer β to smile, laugh, or contort the face in a manner that shows scorn or contempt: They sneered at his pretensions.
- put on β a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.