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    jape
    /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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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishJAPE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    JAPE definition: 1. an activity done to make someone laugh or to trick someone: 2. an activity done to make someone…. Learn more.

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › japeJape Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The meaning of JAPE is to say or do something jokingly or mockingly. How to use jape in a sentence. Did you know?

  4. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › japeJape - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com

    4 days ago · 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. You could also say that ...

  5. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishJAPE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    A jape is a silly trick that you play on someone which is quite funny and which does not really involve upsetting them. [ old-fashioned ] Cue an eccentric supporting cast and some hilarious japes.

  6. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryJAPE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    JAPE meaning: 1. an activity done to make someone laugh or to trick someone: 2. an activity done to make someone…. Learn more.

  7. www.thefreedictionary.com › japeJape - definition of jape by The Free Dictionary

    jape - a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter; "he told a very funny joke"; "he knows a million gags"; "thanks for the laugh"; "he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest"; "even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point"

  8. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › us › definitionjape noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes...

    Definition of jape noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  9. www.collinsdictionary.com › us › dictionaryJAPE definition in American English - Collins Online Dictionary

    A jape is a silly trick that you play on someone which is quite funny and which does not really involve upsetting them. [ old-fashioned ] Cue an eccentric supporting cast and some hilarious japes.

  10. www.oed.com › dictionary › jape_njape, n. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English Dictionary

    OED's earliest evidence for jape is from 1377, in the writing of William Langland, poet. It is also recorded as a verb from the Middle English period (1150—1500). jape is of unknown origin.

  11. www.collinsdictionary.com › us › dictionaryJAPE - All you need to know about it | Collins English Dictionary

    A complete guide to the word "JAPE": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.