- (v.i.) To make merriment by words or actions; to joke; to make light of anything.
- (v.i.) The object of laughter or sport; a laughingstock.
- (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.) To take part in a merrymaking; -- especially, to act in a mask or interlude.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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