What does the word jest mean?
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Part of speech: verb transitive, verb intransitive
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To
joke.
Part of speech: noun
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A
joke;
raillery.
Part of speech: noun
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Jester.
Usage examples for jest
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"
Jest
as
well,"
said
Mrs.
Bates.
– A Daughter of the Land by Gene Stratton-Porter
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You
might
jest
as
well
calculate
on
stayin'
another
night."
– Hoofbeats on the Turnpike by Mildred A. Wirt
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For
once
Tom
Reade
didn't
have
a
jest
ready.
– The High School Boys' Training Hike by H. Irving Hancock