Definition of Jest

Jest

1. A deed; an action; a gest.
2. A mask; a pageant; an interlude.
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.
4. The object of laughter or sport; a laughingstock.
5. To take part in a merrymaking; -- especially, to act in a mask or interlude.
6. To make merriment by words or actions; to joke; to make light of anything.