What does Jesting mean?
Definitions for Jesting
jest·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
jesting, jocose, jocular, jokingadjective
characterized by jokes and good humor
Wiktionary
jestingnoun
joking
jestingnoun
bantering; ridicule
jestingnoun
mocking
jestingadjective
facetious
jestingadjective
humorous
jestingadjective
playful; mocking
jestingadjective
jeering
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jesting
Jesting is the act of joking, kidding, or making fun with the intention to amuse people, often in a playful, good-humored, or light-hearted manner. It can also refer to being humorous or facetious.
Webster Dictionary
Jesting
of Jest
Jestingadjective
sportive; not serious; fit for jests
Jestingnoun
the act or practice of making jests; joking; pleasantry
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Jesting in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Jesting in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of Jesting in a Sentence
I am...blood. That primordial ooze. Not out there, listeners, in here. Inside this skin we wear, it only lets us think we're something else-- nice clean brains, little talking computers running around in the pursuit of happiness. We pierce this skin and what do we see Warm ooze, protoplasm churning and jesting, defecating, pulsating, life, death.
Nature understands no jesting. She is always true, always serious, always severe. She is always right, and the errors are always those of man.
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