Clues for the word "JEST"
We've had 104 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 303 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Quick crossword on April 14, 2026.
Definition of jest
- n. - A deed; an action; a gest.
- n. - A mask; a pageant; an interlude.
- n. - 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.
- v. i. - The object of laughter or sport; a laughingstock.
- v. i. - To take part in a merrymaking; -- especially, to act in a mask or interlude.
- v. i. - To make merriment by words or actions; to joke; to make light of anything.
Referring Clues
- It's said with a poke in the ribs
- "Surely you ___!"
- Witty remark
- Bit of banter
- Taunt
- Sport
- Joke
- Not be serious
- Don't be serious
- One-liner, e.g.
- Laughing matter
- Comment not to be taken seriously
- Kid around
- Fun
- Say jokingly
- Words said in fun
- Do a bit of leg-pulling
- Gag
- Witticism
- "Surely you ___"
- Speak humorously
- Tell a joke
- Humorous remark
- Rib
- Be less than serious
- Quip
- Comical comment
- Good-natured taunt
- Joke around
- Banter
- Rib-tickler
- Bit of repartee
- "Surely you ___!"
- Kid
- Wisecrack
- Say in play
- Act the fool
- Be jocular
- Spirit in which something may be spoken
- Bit of humor
- Jocularity
- Merry prank
- Clown around
- What ribs are delivered in
- "Surely you ---!"
- Bit of wit
- Remark with a smirk, say
- That's a laugh
- "Infinite ___"
- Pull one's leg
- Waggery
- Make jokes
- Make jokes
- Josh
- Humorous utterance
- Make sport
- Witty comment
- Tease
- Play the court clown?
- Bon mot
- Play the fool
- Many a true word is spoken in this
- "Surely, you ___!"
- Engage in banter
- Do some leg-pulling
- Concoct quips, say
- Fool around
- Nonserious remark
- In ___: as a prank
- It's not serious
- Don't mean it
- For a bit of fun, start singing in plane
- Aeroplane going round pole for a joke
- See 16
- An old joke?
- Ridicule the first person in French street
- Is it just mispronounced to make people laugh?
- Act in a joking manner
- Piece of humour
- Leg-pulling
- "Airplane" conceals source of sick joke
- Jape, witticism
- Banter, joke
- Pole in aircraft making joke
- Son thrown in fountain for a joke
- Something witty
- Ridicule first person in French street
- Bit of jocularity
- Juliet is in France to fool around
- Laugh inducer
- Have tongue in cheek
- Entertain at a royal court
- A joke just unusually enunciated
- What a joke is said in
- Just an old fool's bit of fun!
- Humour achieving sublimity during May?
- Bantering remark
- Jokey comment
- In ___ (jokingly)
- Don't take it seriously
- Is it just mispronounced to make people laugh?
- Crack jokes
- It's not said seriously
- What a comment might be made in
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Quick - April 14, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - April 08, 2026
- Daily American - March 25, 2026
- Daily American - February 05, 2026
- Daily American - December 07, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - December 04, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - October 31, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 29, 2025
- New York Times - October 17, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - October 14, 2025
- New York Times - September 24, 2025
- New York Times - September 23, 2025
- Daily American - June 24, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - June 17, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - May 25, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - May 23, 2025
- Your Life Choices - May 17, 2025
- Your Life Choices - May 16, 2025
- Daily Quick - March 31, 2025
- LA Times - March 12, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - March 08, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - February 28, 2025
- Daily American - February 19, 2025
- LA Times - February 07, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - February 06, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - January 24, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - December 12, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - December 04, 2024
- Daily Quick - November 11, 2024
- New York Times - October 30, 2024
- And in 273 more crossword puzzles...