1. To joke; to make jokes; to be spurious.
2. To make light of anything.
ETYM Old Eng. jeste, geste, deed, action, story, tale, Old Fren. geste, Late Lat. gesta, orig., exploits, neut. pl. from Latin gestus, p. p. of gerere to bear, carry, accomplish, perform.
Activity characterized by good humor; SYN. joke, jocularity.