Definition of jest

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