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Synonyms for jape

Grammar : Noun
Spell : jeyp
Phonetic Transcription : dʒeɪp

Définition of jape

Origin :
  • late 14c., "to trick, beguile, jilt," perhaps from Old French japer "to howl, bawl, scream," of echoic origin, or from Old French gaber "to mock, deride." Phonetics suits the former, but sense the latter explanation. Took on a slang sense mid-15c. of "have sex with," and disappeared from polite usage. Revived in harmless Middle English sense of "say or do something in jest" by Scott, etc. Related: Japed; japing.
  • noun joke
Example sentences :
  • And when I say this, I do jape with words, and may hap ye understond me not.
  • Extract from : « Letters to Dead Authors » by Andrew Lang
  • I'm goin' to jape a bit with our friend, a' la 'Molly' Fairburn.
  • Extract from : « Stalky & Co. » by Rudyard Kipling
  • 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.
  • Extract from : « Where the Pavement Ends » by John Russell
  • Mr. Mackie, passing with his orange partner, had repeated his jape about the Ruthless Boaz.
  • Extract from : « The Story of Louie » by Oliver Onions
  • Then for a moment we fell to jape and jesting; foolishly, for the Gods are always listening, and the Desert-Gods have long ears.
  • Extract from : « The Leicestershires beyond Baghdad » by Edward John Thompson
  • Presently, when they heard him snoring, they began asking each other in whispers what jape they could play off on him.
  • Extract from : « The Well of Saint Clare » by Anatole France
  • I am very sure he is your enemy,” Brilliana answered, sharply, “for he makes you his daily jape.
  • Extract from : « The Lady of Loyalty House » by Justin Huntly McCarthy
  • And when this jape is told another day I shall be halden a daffe or a Cokenay.
  • Extract from : « Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 111, December 13, 1851 » by Various

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