jape

jape  (jp)

v. japed, jap·ing, japes

v.intr.

To joke or quip.

v.tr.

To make sport of.

n.

A joke or quip.

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[Middle English japen, probably from Old French japer, to yap, chatter, nag, of imitative origin.]

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japer n.

japer·y n.

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jape [dʒeɪp]

n

a jest or joke

vb

to joke or jest (about)

[perhaps from Old French japper to bark, yap, of imitative origin]

japer  n

japery  n

japingly  adv

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

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" gag, jest, joke, laugh humor, wit, witticism, wittiness, humour - a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter gag line, punch line, tag line, laugh line - the point of a joke or humorous story howler, sidesplitter, thigh-slapper, wow, belly laugh, riot, scream - a joke that seems extremely funny blue joke, blue story, dirty joke, dirty story - an indelicate joke ethnic joke - a joke at the expense of some ethnic group funny, funny remark, funny story, good story - an account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line); "she told a funny story"; "she made a funny" in-joke - a joke that is appreciated only by members of some particular group of people one-liner - a one-line joke shaggy dog story - a long rambling joke whose humor derives from its pointlessness sick joke - a joke in bad taste sight gag, visual joke - a joke whose effect is achieved by visual means rather than by speech (as in a movie)

Translations

jape [dʒeɪp] N → burla f

jape (old)

n → Spaß m, (Aus also) → Spass m, → Scherz m; (= trick) → Streich m

vi → spaßen, scherzen