Jape
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intransitive verb.
To joke or quip.
intransitive verb.
To make sport of.
noun.
A joke or quip.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
To jest; joke.
To deride; gibe; mock; befool.
noun.
A joke; jest; gibe.
noun.
A trick; wile; cheat.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
intransitive verb.
To jest; to play tricks; to jeer.
transitive verb.
To mock; to trick.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
verb.
To
jest
; play tricks;
joke
;
jeer
.
verb.
To
mock
;
deride
;
gibe
;
trick
;
befool
.
noun.
a
joke
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun.
a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
Word Usage
""We don’t want to criminalise a group of students, but at the same time we don’t want to treat the problem as some kind of jape, either.""