A sportive action, prank, frolic; a trick played in sport, a practical joke. Now rare.

A piece of sport, a joke; a jesting matter, a trifle; a sportive trick or cheat. the jig is up (or the jig is over) = ‘the game is up’, it is all…

In lighter sense: An amorous or playful trick; a piece of sportive cunning or artfulness.

A waggish action or speech; in early use, a piece of mischievous jesting; a practical joke.

Pleasantry, good humour; (also) an instance of this, a humorous or pleasing trick. Obsolete (poetic in later use).

A practical joke; a hoax, a piece of mockery or banter; a witticism.

Something said or done to excite laughter or amusement; a witticism, a jest; jesting, raillery; also, something that causes amusement, a…

A trick; a skit. Cf. skit, n.2 2.

A trick; a hoax; a practical joke; = skite, n. 2. Chiefly dialect.

Gaiety, mirth, revelry. Also, a merry trick.

an instance of leg-pulling; an attempt to pull a person's leg; cf. leg-pulling n.

Nonsense, deception; foolishness, fuss, exaggeration; (also) an instance of this; a prank, a trick.