Synonyms for japing
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : jeyp |
| Phonetic Transcription : dʒeɪp |
Top 10 synonyms for japing Other synonyms for the word japing
- bamboozle
- beguile
- buffoon
- burlesque
- caricaturize
- cartoon
- chaff
- cozen
- deceive
- deflate
- deride
- dupe
- expose
- fleer
- flimflam
- flout
- fool
- frolic
- fun
- gambol
- gibe
- gull
- haze
- hoax
- hoodwink
- hoot
- horse around
- jape
- jeer
- jest
- jive
- jolly
- josh
- kid
- kid around
- laugh at
- make a fool of
- make a game of
- make a laughing-stock
- make fun of
- make merry
- make sport of
- mimic
- mock
- needle
- pan
- pasquinade
- play
- play the clown
- play tricks
- poke fun
- poke fun at
- pooh-pooh
- pretend
- pull one's leg
- pun
- put down
- put on
- quip
- quiz
- rag
- rail
- rail at
- rally
- raz
- razz
- revel
- rib
- ride
- ridicule
- roast
- run down
- satirize
- scoff
- scorn
- scout
- send up
- show contempt
- show up
- sneer
- spoof
- sport
- squib
- take off
- takeoff
- taunt
- tease
- thumb nose at
- travesty
- trick
- twit
- unmask
- wisecrack
Définition of japing
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.
- As in joke : verb kid, tease
- As in kid : verb fool, ridicule
- As in lampoon : verb ridicule, make fun of
- As in mock : verb ridicule
- As in ridicule : verb make contemptuous fun of something or someone
- As in satirize : verb ridicule
- As in josh : verb joke
- As in twit : verb ridicule
- Then was there laughing and japing at Sir Dinadan, that they wist not what to do with him.
- Extract from : « Le Morte D'Arthur, Volume II (of II) » by Thomas Malory
- They often sat together thus, spending the long-drawn evenings over the gin-bottle, japing at society.
- Extract from : « The Hypocrite » by Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull
- And now in all the japing the henchmen had designed Both day and night together they mocked sore the Heirs again.
- Extract from : « The Lay of the Cid » by R. Selden Rose
- He could not move without either seeing those two together, or the reflection of them in George Forsyte's japing eyes.
- Extract from : « The Forsyte Saga, Volume III. » by John Galsworthy
Antonyms for japing
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