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jape
[ jeyp ]
verb (used without object)
- to jest; joke; gibe.
verb (used with object)
- to mock or make fun of.
noun
- a joke; jest; quip.
- a trick or practical joke.
jape
/ dʒeɪp /
noun
- a jest or joke
verb
- to joke or jest (about)
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Derived Forms
- ˈjapery, noun
- ˈjaper, noun
- ˈjapingly, adverb
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Other Words From
- japer noun
- japer·y noun
- japing·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of jape1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of jape1
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Example Sentences
It was clearly meant to be a sycophantic gesture, but the jape backfired like a blocked Victorian shotgun.
The wink and gasp of Angus Jones as that flagrant vintage seared his throat ended the gentle jape as far as I was concerned.
It 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.
One of the smoking-room humorists mocked his accent and ventured a crude jape.
And when I say this, I do jape with words, and may hap ye understond me not.
I'm goin' to jape a bit with our friend, a' la 'Molly' Fairburn.
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