as in joked
to make jokes
when I asked my sister for a loan, she laughingly replied, "Surely you jest!"
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Munich airport was shut down this morning due to unauthorized drones in its airspace, and Putin joked about it in Sochi.—
Geoff Colvin,
Fortune,
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Amber joked that the timing was unexpected.—
Jane LaCroix,
PEOPLE,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Jested.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jested. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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