Dutch-English translations for scherts

• banter
  Of course it is all good political banter in a way. Het is in zekere zin natuurlijk allemaal gezonde politieke scherts.
• gag
  He gagged when he saw the open wound.
  When the financial irregularities were discovered, the CEO gagged everyone in the accounting department.
• joke
  The revision proposed as a joke by Commissioner Kinnock might even be a good opportunity to lay down a decision of this type. In any event, I suspect that we are a long way from that point. De door commissaris Kinnock bij wijze van scherts voorgestelde herziening zou daarvoor best eens een mooie gelegenheid kunnen bieden.
  It was a joke!
  Your effort at cleaning your room is a joke.

Related words

• schertsfiguur
• schertsvertoning
• schertsen
• schertsend