joking / bantering; ridicule / mocking

facetious / humorous / playful; mocking / jeering

present participle of jest

plural of jesting

(idiomatic) As a joke.

Given to jesting; full of jokes.

The quality of being jestful.

(African-American Vernacular, Southern US) Alternative spelling of just

(archaic) An act performed for amusement; a joke. / (archaic) Someone or something that is ridiculed; the target of a joke. / (obsolete) A deed; an action; a gest.

To tell a joke; to talk in a playful manner; to make fun of something or someone.