English-Thai Dictionary

jest

N การ พูดตลก  การล้อเล่น  การ สัพยอก  คำพูด ตลกคะนอง  joke jape prank kan-phud-ta-lok

 

jest

VI พูดตลก  ล้อเล่น  สัพยอก  หยอกเย้า  joke kid quip phud-ta-lok

 

jest at

PHRV หัวเราะเยาะ  laugh at hua-ror-yor

 

jester

N ตัวตลก  ตัวโจ๊ก  จำอวด  clown fool buffon tua-ta-lok

 

jesting

A ที่ เป็นการ ตลก  ที่ ล้อเล่น  ที่ ไม่ ค่อย สำคัญ 

 

jestingly

ADV อย่าง ล้อเล่น  อย่าง ทำ เป็นเรื่อง ตลก  อย่าง ไม่ ค่อย สำคัญ 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

JEST

n.[L. gestio.] 1. A joke; something ludicrous uttered and meant only to excite laughter. Religion should never be the subject of jest.
2. The object of laughter or sport; a laughing stock.
Then let me be your jest, I deserve it.
In jest, for mere sport or diversion; not in truth and reality; not in earnest.
--And given in earnest what I begged in jest.
3. A mask.
4. A deed; an action.

 

JEST

v.i.To divert or make merry by words or actions; to joke. Jest not with a rude man, lest thy ancestors be disgraced.
1. To utter in sport; to say what is not true, merely for diversion.
2. To play a part in a mask.

 

JESTER

n.A person given to jesting, sportive talk and merry pranks. --He rambled up and down
With shallow jesters.
1. One given to sarcasm.
Now, as a jester, I accost you.
2. A buffoon; a merry-andrew, a person formerly retained by princes to make sport for them.

 

JESTING

ppr. Joking; talking for diversion or merriment.

 

JESTING

n.A joking; concise wit; wit that consists in a trope or verbal figure, in a metaphorical sense of words, or in a double sense of the same word, or in similitude of sound in different words.

 

JESTINGLY

adv. In a jocose manner; not in earnest.

 

JESTING-STOCK

n.A laughing stock; a butt of ridicule.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

JEST

Jest, n. Etym: [OE. jeste, geste, deed, action, story, tale, OF. geste, LL. gesta, orig. , exploits, neut. pl. from L. gestus, p. p. of gerere to bear, carry, accomplish, perform; perh. orig. , to make to come, bring, and perh. akin to E. come. Cf. Gest a deed, Register, n.]

 

1. A deed; an action; a gest. [Obs. ] The jests or actions of princes. Sir T. Elyot.

 

2. A mask; a pageant; an interlude. [Obs. ] Nares. He promised us, in honor of our guest, To grace our banquet with some pompous jest. Kyd.

 

3. Something done or said in order to amuse; a joke; a witticism; a jocose or sportive remark or phrase. See Synonyms under Jest, v. i. I must be sad. .. smile at no man's jests. Shak. The Right Honorable gentleman is indebted to his memory for his jests, and to his imagination for his facts. Sheridan.

 

4. The object of laughter or sport; a laughingstock. Then let me be your jest; I deserve it. Shak. In jest, for mere sport or diversion; not in truth and reality; not in earnest. And given in earnest what I begged in jest. Shak. -- Jest book, a book containing a collection of jests, jokes, and amusing anecdotes; a Joe Miller.

 

JEST

Jest, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Jested; p. pr. & vb. n. Jesting. ]

 

1. To take part in a merrymaking; -- especially, to act in a mask or interlude. [Obs. ] Shak.

 

2. To make merriment by words or actions; to joke; to make light of anything. He jests at scars that never felt a wound. Shak.

 

Syn. -- To joke; sport; rally. -- To Jest, Joke. One jests in order to make others laugh; one jokes to please himself. A jest is usually at the expense of another, and is often ill-natured; a joke is a sportive sally designed to promote good humor without wounding the feelings of its object. "Jests are, therefore, seldom harmless; jokes frequently allowable. The most serious subject may be degraded by being turned into a jest. " Crabb.

 

JESTER

Jest "er, n. Etym: [Cf. Gestour. ]

 

1. A buffoon; a merry-andrew; a court fool. This. .. was Yorick's skull, the king's jester. Shak. Dressed in the motley garb that jesters wear. Longfellow.

 

2. A person addicted to jesting, or to indulgence in light and amusing talk. He ambled up and down With shallow jesters. Shak.

 

JESTFUL

JESTFUL Jest "ful, a.

 

Defn: Given to jesting; full of jokes.

 

JESTING

JESTING Jest "ing, a.

 

Defn: Sportive; not serious; fit for jests. He will find that these are no jesting matters. Macaulay.

 

JESTING

JESTING Jest "ing, n.

 

Defn: The act or practice of making jests; joking; pleasantry. Eph. v. 4.

 

JESTINGLY

JESTINGLY Jest "ing *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In a jesting manner.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

jest

jest |jest ʤɛst | ▶noun a thing said or done for amusement; a joke: there are jests about administrative gaffes | it was said in jest . • archaic an object of derision: lowly virtue is the jest of fools. ▶verb [ no obj. ] speak or act in a joking manner: you jest, surely? | [ with direct speech ] : “I don't know about maturing, ” jests William. ORIGIN late Middle English: from earlier gest, from Old French geste, from Latin gesta ‘actions, exploits, ’ from gerere ‘do. ’ The original sense was ‘exploit, heroic deed, ’ hence ‘a narrative of such deeds ’ (originally in verse ); later the term denoted an idle tale, hence a joke (mid 16th cent ).

 

jester

jest er |ˈjestər ˈʤɛstər | ▶noun historical a professional joker or “fool ” at a medieval court, typically wearing a cap with bells on it and carrying a mock scepter. • a person who habitually plays the fool.

 

Oxford Dictionary

jest

jest |dʒɛst | ▶noun a thing said or done for amusement; a joke: he laughed uproariously at his own jest | [ mass noun ] : it was said in jest . • archaic an object of derision: lowly virtue is the jest of fools. ▶verb [ no obj. ] speak in a joking way: you jest, surely? DERIVATIVES jesting adjective & noun, jestingly adverb ORIGIN late Middle English: from earlier gest, from Old French geste, from Latin gesta ‘actions, exploits ’, from gerere ‘do ’. The original sense was ‘heroic deed ’, hence ‘a narrative of such deeds ’; later the term denoted an idle tale, hence a joke.

 

jester

jest ¦er |ˈdʒɛstə | ▶noun historical a professional joker or ‘fool ’ at a medieval court, typically wearing a cap with bells on it and carrying a mock sceptre. • a person who habitually plays the fool.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

jest

jest verb I think he's jesting: fool around, play a practical joke, tease, kid, pull someone's leg, pull /jerk /yank someone's chain, have someone on; fun; joke, quip, gag, tell jokes, crack jokes; informal wisecrack. ▶noun jests were bandied about freely: joke, witticism, funny remark, gag, quip, sally, pun; crack, wisecrack, one-liner. PHRASES in jest those sarcastic remarks were made in jest: in fun, as a joke, tongue in cheek, playfully, jokingly, facetiously, frivolously, for a laugh.

 

jester

jester noun 1 historical a court jester: fool, court fool, court jester, clown, harlequin, pantaloon; archaic buffoon, merry andrew. 2 the class jester: joker, clown, comedian, comic, humorist, wag, wit, prankster, jokester, trickster, buffoon; informal card, hoot, scream, laugh, wisecracker, barrel of laughs, smart-ass, smart aleck.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

jest

jest noun 1 the men talk cheerfully and jests are bandied about freely: joke, witticism, funny remark, gag, quip, sally, pun, play on words; French bon mot; informal crack, wisecrack, one-liner, funny, comeback; repartee, banter. 2 he wished that Lady Lavinia had not practised this jest upon him: prank, joke, practical joke, piece of mischief, hoax, trick, jape; informal leg-pull, put-on, lark; N. Amer. informal dido. PHRASES in jest he could tell from the others' smirks that it was meant in jest: in fun, as a joke, tongue in cheek, playfully, jokingly, light-heartedly, facetiously, flippantly, frivolously, for a laugh; to tease, teasingly, banteringly, whimsically. ANTONYMS seriously. ▶verb 1 ‘It's good weather when it doesn't snow before half-time, ’ he jests: joke, crack, quip, gag, sally, pun; tell jokes, crack jokes, banter; informal wisecrack. 2 she began to fear that they had not been jesting: fool, fool about /around, play a prank, play a practical joke, tease, hoax; informal kid, wind up, have on, pull someone's leg, make a monkey out of; N. Amer. informal pull someone's chain, fun, shuck.

 

jester

jester noun 1 historical a court jester: fool, court fool, court jester; clown, harlequin, pantaloon; archaic buffoon, merry andrew, merryman, motley. 2 teachers don't usually like the class jester: joker, comedian, comic, humorist, wag, wit, funny man /woman, prankster, jokester, clown, buffoon, character; informal card, case, caution, hoot, scream, laugh, kidder, wisecracker, riot, barrel of laughs; Austral. /NZ informal hard case.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

jest

jest 1 /dʒest /〖語源は 「功績 」〗名詞 複 ～s /-ts /1 C ｟かたく /やや古 ｠冗談, しゃれ (joke )▸ Don't say that even in jest .そんな事冗談にでも言うな 2 U C ひやかし, からかい, ふざけ .3 〖a ～〗物笑い [嘲 （ちよう ）笑 ]の種 [まと ]▸ a standing jest お決まりの笑い物 動詞 ｟かたく /やや古 ｠自動詞 1 «…について » 冗談を言う, 冗談めかして言う, ふざける «about » ▸ Surely you jest .(相手に向かって )まさか冗談だろ ▸ I jest! ｟話 ｠(相手に向かって )冗談だって 2 «…を » からかう, 物笑いにする «with » .他動詞 〈人 〉をからかう ; ｟書 ｠〖直接話法 〗…とからかって言う, 冗談を言う (→say 他動詞 1a 語法 ).

 

jest

jest 2 ｟くだけて ｠＝just (!発音つづり ) .

 

jester

j é st er 名詞 C 1 〘史 〙(中世の宮廷に仕えた )道化師 (fool, clown ).2 冗談好きな人, おどけ者 .

 

jestingly

j é st ing ly 副詞 ふざけて, 冗談に .