Usually means: Humorous remark or act; joke.
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General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. jest: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. jest: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. jest: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. jest: Collins English Dictionary
  5. jest: Vocabulary.com
  6. Jest, jest: Wordnik
  7. jest: Wiktionary
  8. jest: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. jest: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. jest: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Jest, jest: Dictionary.com
  12. jest: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. jest: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Jest (JavaScript framework), Jest: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Jest: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. jest: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. jest: Rhymezone
  18. jest: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. jest: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. JEST: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  21. jest: Free Dictionary
  22. jest: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. jest: Dictionary/thesaurus
  24. jest: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  25. jest: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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  1. Shakespeare Glossary (No longer online)

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  1. jest: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. jest: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. JEST: Acronym Finder
  2. jest: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. jest: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See jested as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (archaic) An act performed for amusement; a joke.
noun:  (archaic) Someone or something that is ridiculed; the target of a joke.
noun:  (obsolete) A deed; an action; a gest.
noun:  (obsolete) A mask; a pageant; an interlude.
verb:  To tell a joke; to talk in a playful manner; to make fun of something or someone.
adverb:  (African-American Vernacular, Southern US) Alternative spelling of just [Only, simply, merely.]

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