jest in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

jest in the PONS Dictionary

jest Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to say sth in jest
many a true word is spoken in jest prov
to jest about sth
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Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
Though married four times, he often remarked, only half in jest, that alcohol was "the other woman".
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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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This was apparently said in jest, as there was no other mention of it during the series' run on radio or television.
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The jest which is expected is already destroyed.
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Witnesses for the defense said that the comments were made in jest.
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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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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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Its head has been removed in jest several times.
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He is like the walking punchline to a cosmic jest of unfathomable cruelty.
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The practice of it, in spite of popular jests, tends to make good citizens and good men.
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