joust
noun
a combat in which two knights on horseback attempted to unhorse each other with blunted lances.
will joust
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future tenseof joust.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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Ten Democratic candidates will joust soon in the first TV debate of the race to oust US President Donald Trump from the White House next year.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2019
Until the auction, the I.O.C. and the networks will joust publicly about what the next Olympic Games are worth.
From New York Times ● Dec. 28, 2010
When the cases come to trial, Mrs. Willebrandt's men, the Prohibition agents, and the men commanded by the Misses Guinan and Morgan, will joust like champions for their ladies.
From Time Magazine Archive
My grandsons will joust with theirs, though, and one day their blood may wed with mine.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
Sir, said Sir Palomides, I will joust at your request, and require that knight to joust with me, and often I have seen a man have a fall at his own request.
From Le Mort d'Arthur: Volume 1 by Sir Thomas Malory
