jest

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. A playful or amusing act; a prank. See Synonyms at joke.
2. n. A frolicsome or frivolous mood: spoken in jest.
3. n. An object of ridicule; a laughingstock.
4. n. A witty remark.
5. v. To act or speak playfully.
6. v. To make witty remarks.
7. v. To utter scoffs; gibe.
8. v. To make fun of; ridicule.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. An act; deed; achievement; exploit; gest. See gest, n.
2. n. A tale of achievement or adventure; a story; romance. See gest, n., 2.
3. n. A mask; masquerade; pageant.
4. n. A spoken pleasantry; a laughable or intentionally ludicrous saying; a witticism; a joke; a sally.
5. n. An acted pleasantry; a, jocular or playful action; something done to make sport or cause laughter.
6. n. The object of laughter, sport, or mockery; a laughing-stock.
7. n. Synonyms Jest, Joke; quip, quirk, witticism, sally. A joke is often rougher or less delicate than a jest, as a practical joke, but jest often suggests more of lightness or scoffing than joke, as to turn everything into jest. Joke is the word to be used where action is implied; jest is generally applied to something said.
8. To tell stories or romances. See gest, verb
9. I can not geste, rum, raf, ruf, by letter
10. To trifle (with); amuse or entertain by words or actions; treat as trifling.
11. To say or do something intended to amuse or cause laughter.
12. To take part in a mask or sport; engage in mock combat; just.
13. To utter in jest or sport.
14. To apply a jest to; joke with; banter; rally.
15. A common dialectal form of just.

Wiktionary

1. n. An act performed for amusement; a joke.
2. n. Someone or something that is ridiculed; the target of a joke.
3. v. To tell a joke; to talk in a playful manner; to make fun of something or someone.

GNU Webster's 1913

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

WordNet 3.0

1. n. a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
2. v. act in a funny or teasing way
3. v. tell a joke; speak humorously
4. n. activity characterized by good humor