jape
to jest; joke; gibe.
to mock or make fun of.
a joke; jest; quip.
a trick or practical joke.
Origin of jape
1Other words from jape
- japer, noun
- jap·er·y, noun
- jap·ing·ly, adverb
Words Nearby jape
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How to use jape in a sentence
It was clearly meant to be a sycophantic gesture, but the jape backfired like a blocked Victorian shotgun.
Royal Cover-Up as Prince of Wales Shoots Owl (In 1896) | Tom Sykes | February 27, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe wink and gasp of Angus Jones as that flagrant vintage seared his throat ended the gentle jape as far as I was concerned.
Where the Pavement Ends | John RussellIt made a new game for him, you see, amusing and rather flattering as well, the kind of a jape he was all too apt at.
Where the Pavement Ends | John RussellOne of the smoking-room humorists mocked his accent and ventured a crude jape.
We Can't Have Everything | Rupert HughesAnd when I say this, I do jape with words, and may hap ye understond me not.
Letters to Dead Authors | Andrew Lang
I'm goin' to jape a bit with our friend, a' la 'Molly' Fairburn.
Stalky & Co. | Rudyard Kipling
British Dictionary definitions for jape
/ (dʒeɪp) /
a jest or joke
to joke or jest (about)
Origin of jape
1Derived forms of jape
- japer, noun
- japery, noun
- japingly, adverb
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