Meaning of JAPE
| Pronunciation: | | jeyp
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| | Definition: | | [n] a humorous anecdote or remark |
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| | Synonyms: | | gag, jest, joke, laugh, wheeze, yak |
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| | See Also: | | belly laugh, blue joke, blue story, dirty joke, dirty story, ethnic joke, funny story, gag line, good story, howler, humor, humour, in-joke, laugh line, one-liner, punch line, riot, scream, shaggy dog story, sick joke, sidesplitter, sight gag, tag line, thigh-slapper, visual joke, wit, witticism, wittiness, wow | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Jape\, v. i. [Prob. from the same source as gab,influenced
by F. japper to yelp. See {Gab} to deceive.]
To jest; to play tricks; to jeer. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
\Jape\, v. t.
To mock; to trick. --Chaucer.
I have not been putting a jape upon you. --Sir W.
Scott.
The coy giggle of the young lady to whom he has
imparted his latest merry jape. --W. Besant.
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| | Related Terms: | | back answer, badinage, banter, barrack, be merry with, belly laugh, blue story, caustic remark, chaff, comeback, crack, crack a joke, crack wise, cut, cut at, cutting remark, dig, dig at, dirty joke, dirty story, double entendre, drollery, dump, dump on, ethnic joke, exchange, fleer, fleer at, flout, foolery, fooling, fooling around, fun, funny story, gag, gibe, gibe at, gibing retort, give-and-take, good one, good story, good-natured banter, harmless teasing, haze, howler, jab, jab at, jeer, jest, jestbook, jive, joke, jolly, josh, kid, kid around, kidding, kidding around, laugh, leg-pull, make a funny, make fun, make fun of, mock, needle, panic, Parthian shot, parting shot, persiflage, play, play on words, pleasantry, point, poke fun at, pooh, pooh-pooh, pun, put down, put on, put-down, put-on, quip, rag, rail at, raillery, rally, rallying, rank out, razz, revile, rib, rib tickler, ride, ridicule, riot, roast, rude reproach, scintillate, scoff, scoff at, scout, scream, scurrility, short answer, sick joke, sidesplitter, sight gag, slam, slap, slap at, sneer, sneer at, sparkle, sport, story, swipe, taunt, tease, twit, utter a mot, verbal thrust, visual joke, waggery, wheeze, wisecrack, witticism, wow, yak, yarn |
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