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in jest

/ˈɪn ˌd͡ʒɛst/

in jest prepositional phrase: as a joke.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (idiomatic) As a joke.
    • He only tried to mimic the other's movements in jest.

in jest meaning in Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

in jest in Urdu

مسخرہ پن, مذاقاً

in jest in Bengali

কৌতুক হিসেবে

in jest in Malayalam

as a joke, in fun, tongue in cheek
തമാശയ്ക്ക്, തമാശായി, പരിഹാസപൂർവ്വം, വിനോദരൂപത്തിൽ, വിനോദത്തിനായി, തമാശിന്

Questions about in jest

What does in jest mean?
In jest means as a joke.
What is in jest in Urdu?
In jest in Urdu is مسخرہ پن, مذاقاً. See In jest meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is in jest?
In jest is a prepositional phrase.
How do you pronounce in jest?
In jest is pronounced /ˈɪn ˌd͡ʒɛst/.

Words near in jest in the dictionary

  1. in it
  2. in its entirety
  3. in its totality
  4. in itself
  5. in jail
  6. in jest
  7. in jig time
  8. in keeping with
  9. in key
  10. in kid
  11. in kind

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: in jest (page history and authors); in jest (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); in jest (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); in jest (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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