noun
Meaning 1
A joke or quip.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: joke
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
jape
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/d͡ʒeɪp/
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rhymes with -eɪp
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noun
Meaning 2
A prank or trick.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To jest; play tricks.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: joke, jest
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To mock; deride.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: gibe, trick, befool, make fun of, razz, chaff, disparage, forgab, frump, gleek, jape, jeer, jibe, josh, kid, lampoon, mimic, mock, needle, niggle, rib, roast, satirize, scoff, scorn, slag, tease, twit, bust on, extract the urine, clown around, make a fool of, make sport of, poke fun at, take the piss
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
To have sexual intercourse with.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: coitize, go to bed with, sleep with, Formal terms, bed, coit, dight, enjoy, feague, go in unto, have, know, lie by, lie with, love, mount, occupy, penetrate, season, seduce, take, Any of Thesaurus:copulate + "with", Informal and slang terms, ball, bang, bauf, beep, be with, bone, boff, boink, bonk, boom-boom, dick, diddle, dig out, do, doink, drill, eff, expletive deleted, fill, frack, frak, frick, frig, fuck, get into someone's pants, get over on, get up in, give someone one, give someone the time, go with, have one's way with, have one's wicked way with, hit, hump, jape, jump, jump someone's bones, knob, knock, knock off, know someone in the biblical sense, lay, love up, make, nail, plough, plug, poke, pork, pound, prig, pump, ravage, ream, rock, roger, root, run through, rut, sard, schlong, screw, see to, service, shaft, shag, shelve, slay, slip it to, smash, smush, stallionize, swive, tap, tup, wap
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- 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
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: joke, gag, laugh, jest
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: wit, humor, humour, witticism, wittiness
Narrower terms: belly laugh, sidesplitter, howler, thigh-slapper, scream, wow, riot, dirty joke, dirty story, blue joke, blue story, ethnic joke, funny story, good story, funny remark, funny, in-joke, one-liner, shaggy dog story, sick joke, sight gag, visual joke
History
Etymology
From Middle English japen (“to deceive, play tricks on; act foolishly, joke; have sex with”), of uncertain origin, but perhaps combining Old French japer (“to bark, howl, scream; chatter, gossip”) with gaber (“to mock, deride”). See also gab, Old Occitan japar, jaupar (“to bark, yelp, yap”), related to Old Saxon galpōn (“to cry loudly, make a noise, brag”) (Low German galpen (“to bark, howl, scream”)), Middle High German gelpfen (“to scream, bark, boast, proclaim”), Old Norse gjálpa (“to yelp”) (dialectal Swedish galpa (“to cry, screech”)). More at yelp, yawp, yap.