as in joked
to make jokes
when I asked my sister for a loan, she laughingly replied, "Surely you jest!"
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This was followed by appearances from Colbert’s fellow late night hosts Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon, John Oliver and Seth Meyers, who joked about the wormhole coming for them someday.—
Siladitya Ray,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026 -
An unidentified man off camera joked that Barr already got in trouble over there, too.—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
20 May 2026
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“Jested.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jested. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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