0 present participle of jest
1 to say something intended to be funny:
Would I jest about something so important?
But jesting apart, the complexity of the motor car is not an answer here.
I have been jesting, but there is a serious issue.
I know that people were jesting when they talked about the local community centre, but they have a good point in respect of rural areas.
There is a serious point to my jesting.
He would find that this was no laughing matter and no subject for jesting.
I do not tell that story in any jesting sense.
One should not jest about that because the matter is too serious for jesting.
Surely he was just jesting.
