1. Verb. Subject to laughter or ridicule. “His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday”
1. Antonina: Or, The Fall of Rome by Wilkie Collins (1874)“... more ominous of peril to the fugitive than the fury she had hitherto displayed. ” You jest at me, because I have failed in patience, like a child ! ...“
2. Good Words by Norman Macleod (1879)“She had been turning away with a half- formed plaintive jest at herself, as at a foolish old Narcissus who should know better than be caught by his own ...”
3. English Historical Plays: ... Arranged for Acting, as Well as for Reading by Thomas Donovan (1896)“... From out a window laugh at such as we, And flout our train, and jest at our attire. Uncle, ’tis this that makes me impatient. E. Mor. ...”