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What (who) is jesting$41505$ - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Jesting Pilate (disambiguation)
Jocular
![[[Boris Yeltsin]] and [[Bill Clinton]] enjoying a joke](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Boris Yeltsin with Bill Clinton-1.jpg?width=200 "[[Boris Yeltsin]] and [[Bill Clinton]] enjoying a joke")
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SHORT FICTIONAL STORY WITH THE INTENT TO MAKE PEOPLE LAUGH
Political joke; Jest; Jokes; Bad jokes; Bad joke; Jesting; Jocular; Political jokes; Jockularity; Joked; Poor joke; Joke template; Jolter; Funny jokes; Joking; Gossiping jokes; Jocularity; Jokingly; Wit crack; Delivery (joke); Corny joke; Corny Jokes; Knee slapper; Joke cycle; Poor jokes
·adj Sportive; merry.
II. Jocular ·adj Given to jesting; jocose; as, a jocular person.
joke
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Political joke; Jest; Jokes; Bad jokes; Bad joke; Jesting; Jocular; Political jokes; Jockularity; Joked; Poor joke; Joke template; Jolter; Funny jokes; Joking; Gossiping jokes; Jocularity; Jokingly; Wit crack; Delivery (joke); Corny joke; Corny Jokes; Knee slapper; Joke cycle; Poor jokes
I. n.
Jest, quip, quirk, crank, witticism, sally, jeu d'esprit.
II. v. a.
Jest, crack a joke, perpetrate a joke.
jest
SHORT FICTIONAL STORY WITH THE INTENT TO MAKE PEOPLE LAUGH
Political joke; Jest; Jokes; Bad jokes; Bad joke; Jesting; Jocular; Political jokes; Jockularity; Joked; Poor joke; Joke template; Jolter; Funny jokes; Joking; Gossiping jokes; Jocularity; Jokingly; Wit crack; Delivery (joke); Corny joke; Corny Jokes; Knee slapper; Joke cycle; Poor jokes
(jests, jesting, jested)
1.
A jest is something that you say that is intended to be amusing. (FORMAL)
It was a jest rather than a reproach...
= joke
N-COUNT
•
If you say something in jest, you do not mean it seriously, but want to be amusing.
Don't say that, even in jest...
? seriously
PHRASE: PHR after v
2.
If you jest, you tell jokes or say amusing things. (FORMAL)
He enjoyed drinking and jesting with his cronies...
= joke
VERB: V
Wikipedia
Jesting Pilate
The phrase Jesting Pilate can be:
- a phrase coined by Francis Bacon in the opening sentence of his essay Of Truth
- a name for the Biblical verse to which Bacon was referring, namely John 18:38
- the title of a book by Aldous Huxley
- the title of a book by Sir Owen Dixon
