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Webster 1913 Edition

Jesting

Jest′ing

,
Adj.
Sportive; not serious; fit for jests.

Syn. – joking.
He will find that these are no
jesting
matters.
Macaulay.

Jest′ing

,
Noun.
The act or practice of making jests; joking; pleasantry.
Eph. v. 4.

Webster 1828 Edition

Jesting

JEST'ING

,
ppr.
Joking; talking for diversion or merriment.

JEST'ING

,
Noun.
A joking; concise wit; wit that consists in a trope or verbal figure, in a metaphorical sense of words, or in a double sense of the same word, or in similitude of sound in different words.

Definition 2024

jesting

jesting

English

Noun

jesting ‎(countable and uncountable, plural jestings)

  1. joking
    • Shakespeare
      Yet in the midst of all her pure protestings, / Her faith, her oaths, her tears and all were jestings.
  2. bantering; ridicule
  3. mocking

Adjective

jesting ‎(comparative more jesting, superlative most jesting)

  1. facetious
  2. humorous
    • Macaulay
      He will find that these are no jesting matters.
  3. playful; mocking
  4. jeering

Verb

jesting

  1. present participle of jest

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdʒɛstɪŋ/

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