jape

jape

J0018700 (jāp)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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jap′er n.jap′er·y n.

jape

(dʒeɪp) na jest or jokevbto joke or jest (about)[C14: perhaps from Old French japper to bark, yap, of imitative origin] ˈjaper n ˈjapery n ˈjapingly adv

jape

(dʒeɪp)

v. japed, jap•ing,
n. v.i. 1. to jest; joke; gibe. v.t. 2. to mock or make fun of. n. 3. a joke; jest. 4. a trick or practical joke. [1300–50; Middle English] jap′er, n. jap′er•y, n. jap′ing•ly, adv.

jape

Past participle: japed
Gerund: japing

Imperative
jape
jape

Present
I jape
you jape
he/she/it japes
we jape
you jape
they jape

Preterite
I japed
you japed
he/she/it japed
we japed
you japed
they japed

Present Continuous
I am japing
you are japing
he/she/it is japing
we are japing
you are japing
they are japing

Present Perfect
I have japed
you have japed
he/she/it has japed
we have japed
you have japed
they have japed

Past Continuous
I was japing
you were japing
he/she/it was japing
we were japing
you were japing
they were japing

Past Perfect
I had japed
you had japed
he/she/it had japed
we had japed
you had japed
they had japed

Future
I will jape
you will jape
he/she/it will jape
we will jape
you will jape
they will jape

Future Perfect
I will have japed
you will have japed
he/she/it will have japed
we will have japed
you will have japed
they will have japed

Future Continuous
I will be japing
you will be japing
he/she/it will be japing
we will be japing
you will be japing
they will be japing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been japing
you have been japing
he/she/it has been japing
we have been japing
you have been japing
they have been japing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been japing
you will have been japing
he/she/it will have been japing
we will have been japing
you will have been japing
they will have been japing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been japing
you had been japing
he/she/it had been japing
we had been japing
you had been japing
they had been japing

Conditional
I would jape
you would jape
he/she/it would jape
we would jape
you would jape
they would jape

Past Conditional
I would have japed
you would have japed
he/she/it would have japed
we would have japed
you would have japed
they would have japed

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, laughhumor, wit, witticism, wittiness, humour - a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughtergag line, punch line, tag line, laugh line - the point of a joke or humorous storyhowler, sidesplitter, thigh-slapper, wow, belly laugh, riot, scream - a joke that seems extremely funnyblue joke, blue story, dirty joke, dirty story - an indelicate jokeethnic joke - a joke at the expense of some ethnic groupfunny, 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 peopleone-liner - a one-line jokeshaggy dog story - a long rambling joke whose humor derives from its pointlessnesssick joke - a joke in bad tastesight gag, visual joke - a joke whose effect is achieved by visual means rather than by speech (as in a movie)

jape

nounWords or actions intended to excite laughter or amusement:gag, jest, joke, quip, witticism.Informal: funny, gag.Slang: ha-ha.

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