jest in the PONS Dictionary

jest Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to say sth in jest
казвам нщ на шега
many a true word is spoken in jest prov
всяка шега е наполовина истина prov
to jest about sth
шегувам се с нщ

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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One might as well ask the same question of the author, in jest or in all seriousness.
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She said, in jest, that she had decided to pursue my first loves modern dance and the xylophone.
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The term may be considered insulting in serious contexts, though is now more likely to be used in friendly jest.
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After struggling to keep the business alive, he decided to run for political office as a jest that he couldn't support the current candidate.
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He could also make a caustic jest at his own expense.
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The jest which is expected is already destroyed.
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He is like the walking punchline to a cosmic jest of unfathomable cruelty.
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This was always received with a mixture of interest and jest from his opponent and the journalists.
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On her website she jests that she talks to her plants and has had moderate success at being a starving artist.
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The newspaper article's author later said that the statement could have been made in jest (spy humour).
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