Jest

·noun A deed; an action; a gest.

II. Jest ·vi The object of laughter or sport; a laughingstock.

III. Jest ·noun A mask; a pageant; an Interlude.

IV. Jest ·vi To take part in a merrymaking;

— especially, to act in a mask or interlude.

V. Jest ·vi To make merriment by words or actions; to Joke; to make light of anything.

VI. Jest ·noun Something done or said in order to amuse; a joke; a witticism; a jocose or sportive remark or phrase. ·see Synonyms under Jest, ·vi.