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paglawon : jest (v.)

Derivatives of paglawon


Glosses:
jest
n. (communication)1. gag, jape, jest, joke, laugha humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter.; "he told a very funny joke"; "he knows a million gags"; "thanks for the laugh"; "he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest"; "even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point"
~ humor, wit, witticism, wittiness, humoura message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter.
~ gag line, punch line, tag line, laugh linethe point of a joke or humorous story.
~ howler, sidesplitter, thigh-slapper, wow, belly laugh, riot, screama joke that seems extremely funny.
~ blue joke, blue story, dirty joke, dirty storyan indelicate joke.
~ ethnic jokea joke at the expense of some ethnic group.
~ funny, funny remark, funny story, good storyan account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line).; "she told a funny story"; "she made a funny"
~ in-jokea joke that is appreciated only by members of some particular group of people.
~ one-linera one-line joke.
~ shaggy dog storya long rambling joke whose humor derives from its pointlessness.
~ sick jokea joke in bad taste.
~ sight gag, visual jokea joke whose effect is achieved by visual means rather than by speech (as in a movie).
n. (act)2. jest, jocularity, jokeactivity characterized by good humor.
~ diversion, recreationan activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates.; "scuba diving is provided as a diversion for tourists"; "for recreation he wrote poetry and solved crossword puzzles"; "drug abuse is often regarded as a form of recreation"
~ drollery, waggerya quaint and amusing jest.
~ leg-pull, leg-pullingas a joke: trying to make somebody believe something that is not true.
~ pleasantryan agreeable or amusing remark.; "they exchange pleasantries"
v. (communication)3. jest, joketell a joke; speak humorously.; "He often jokes even when he appears serious"
~ communicate, intercommunicatetransmit thoughts or feelings.; "He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist"
~ quip, gagmake jokes or quips.; "The students were gagging during dinner"
~ fool around, horse around, arse around, foolindulge in horseplay.; "Enough horsing around--let's get back to work!"; "The bored children were fooling about"
~ punmake a play on words.; "Japanese like to pun--their language is well suited to punning"
v. (body)4. jest, jokeact in a funny or teasing way.
~ behave, act, dobehave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself.; "You should act like an adult"; "Don't behave like a fool"; "What makes her do this way?"; "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people"
~ antic, clown, clown aroundact as or like a clown.