jesting
adjective
[ ˈdʒɛstɪŋ ]
• said or done for amusement; joking.
• "a jesting commentary on world affairs"
jesting
noun
• the action of saying or doing something for amusement.
• "laughing and jesting were out of the question"
jest
verb
• speak in a joking way.
• "you jest, surely?"
Similar:
joke,
crack,
quip,
gag,
sally,
pun,
tell jokes,
crack jokes,
banter,
wisecrack,
fool,
fool about,
fool around,
play a prank,
play a practical joke,
tease,
hoax,
kid,
wind up,
have on,
pull someone's leg,
make a monkey out of,
pull someone's chain,
fun,
shuck,
Origin:
late Middle English: from earlier gest, from Old French geste, from Latin gesta ‘actions, exploits’, from gerere ‘do’. The original sense was ‘heroic deed’, hence ‘a narrative of such deeds’; later the term denoted an idle tale, hence a joke.
