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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to tell a joke",
"word": "tréfál"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to tell a joke",
"word": "viccelődik"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to tell a joke",
"word": "scherzare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to tell a joke",
"word": "affabulare"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to tell a joke",
"word": "iocor"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to tell a joke",
"word": "ioculor"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to tell a joke",
"word": "nene"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to tell a joke",
"word": "whakanene"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to tell a joke",
"word": "kārikarika"
},
{
"code": "om",
"lang": "Oromo",
"sense": "to tell a joke",
"word": "baacuu"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "latife etmek",
"sense": "to tell a joke",
"word": "لطیفه ایتمك"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "lâğidan",
"sense": "to tell a joke",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "لاغیدن"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "šuxi kardan",
"sense": "to tell a joke",
"word": "شوخی کردن"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to tell a joke",
"word": "gracejar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "šutítʹ",
"sense": "to tell a joke",
"word": "шути́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to tell a joke",
"word": "bromear"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to tell a joke",
"word": "bufonear"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to tell a joke",
"word": "skämta"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to tell a joke",
"word": "skoja"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to tell a joke",
"word": "driva"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to tell a joke",
"word": "gyckla"
}
],
"word": "jest"
}
{
"categories": [
"English adverbs",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English pronunciation spellings",
"English uncomparable adverbs",
"Pages with 8 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"en:Comedy"
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "just"
},
"expansion": "Pronunciation spelling of just.",
"name": "pronunciation spelling of"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Pronunciation spelling of just..",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "-"
},
"expansion": "jest (not comparable)",
"name": "en-adv"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adv",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "just"
}
],
"categories": [
"African-American Vernacular English",
"Southern US English"
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative spelling of just"
],
"links": [
[
"just",
"just#English"
]
],
"qualifier": "African-American Vernacular",
"raw_glosses": [
"(African-American Vernacular, Southern US) Alternative spelling of just"
],
"tags": [
"Southern-US",
"alt-of",
"alternative",
"not-comparable"
]
}
],
"word": "jest"
}
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