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