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- Dictionaryjape/dʒeɪp/
noun
- 1. a practical joke: "the childish jape of depositing a stink bomb in her locker"
verb
- 1. say or do something in jest or mockery.
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an activity done to make someone laugh or to trick someone: They put a frog in her boots for a jape. Synonyms. gag. jest formal. joke. Compare. laugh noun informal. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Cheating & tricking.
The meaning of JAPE is to say or do something jokingly or mockingly. How to use jape in a sentence. Did you know?
A jape is a joke. The highlight of your family get-togethers might be your funny uncle's japes. You can tell a jape, or play a jape — or a practical joke — on someone. An older sister might tell her little brother, "I'm not interested in your silly childish japes " when he shows her his whoopie cushion, for example.
noun. a jest or joke. “Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012. verb. to joke or jest (about)
an activity done to make someone laugh or to trick someone: They put a frog in her boots for a jape. Synonyms. gag. jest formal. joke. Compare. laugh noun informal. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Cheating & tricking.
A jape is a silly trick that you play on someone which is quite funny and which does not really involve upsetting them.
noun. japes. A joke or jest. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. A trick. Webster's New World. Synonyms: laugh jest gag joke witticism quip ha-ha funny trick prank mock jeer fool. Other Word Forms of Jape Noun. Singular: jape. Plural: japes. From Middle English japen (“to joke, play tricks”), of uncertain origin.
Define jape. jape synonyms, jape pronunciation, jape translation, English dictionary definition of jape. v. japed , jap·ing , japes v. intr. To joke or quip. v. tr. To make sport of. n. A joke or quip. jap′er n. jap′er·y n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the...
Definition of jape noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Sep 27, 2024 · jape (plural japes) A joke or quip. [H]e clapped hand to thigh, and laughed and laughed until the air rang again. "Oho, a jape —a jape indeed!" he roared. A prank or trick.
