VERB
说笑话；开玩笑；打趣
If you jest, you tell jokes or say amusing things.
例句
He enjoyed drinking and jesting with his cronies...
他喜欢和老朋友喝喝酒、开开玩笑。
A newspaper half jested: Had alcohol not already killed him, this would surely drive him to drink.
一份报纸半开玩笑地写道：要不是喝酒已经要了他的命，这肯定会让他想要喝上一杯。