• IPA: /ˈdʒɛstɪŋ/

jesting

1. joking
   • 1599, William Shakespeare, ''The Passionate Pilgrim

     Yet in the midst of all her pure protestings, / Her faith, her oaths, her tears and all were jestings.

2. bantering; ridicule
3. mocking

jesting

1. facetious
2. humorous
   • 18, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter 15, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify ), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, OCLC 1069526323 ↗:

3. playful; mocking
4. jeering

1. present participle of jest#English|jest