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jousting

noun · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˈd͡ʒaʊstɪŋ/
  • rhymes with -aʊstɪŋ
  • CMU ARPABET: JH AW1 S T IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A medieval European sport in which mounted knights charged at each other bearing lances.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Any activity in which two people spar with each other verbally.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, figuratively, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

present participle and gerund of joust

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مجاولة (mujāwilah) — medieval European sport
  • Chinese Mandarin: 馬上槍術比賽 /马上枪术比赛 (mǎshàngqiāngshùbǐsài) — medieval European sport
  • Chinese Mandarin: 馬上比武 /马上比武 (mǎshàngbǐwǔ) — medieval European sport
  • Danish: dyst — medieval European sport
  • Dutch: steekspel — medieval European sport
  • French: joute équestre — medieval European sport
  • French: joute — medieval European sport
  • German: Tjost — medieval European sport
  • German: Tjostieren — medieval European sport
  • German: Lanzenstechen — medieval European sport
  • Greek: κονταρομαχία (kontaromachía) — medieval European sport
  • Greek: διαδορατισμός (diadoratismós) — medieval European sport
  • Greek: τζόστρα (tzóstra) — medieval European sport
  • Hebrew: ג׳אוסט — medieval European sport
  • Hebrew: התכתשות — medieval European sport
  • Hebrew: הפלה ברומח — medieval European sport
  • Hungarian: lovagi torna — medieval European sport
  • Italian: giostra — medieval European sport
  • Malay: lawan tombak — medieval European sport
  • Norwegian: dyst — medieval European sport
  • Norwegian: dysting — medieval European sport
  • Portuguese: justa — medieval European sport
  • Russian: рыцарский поединок (rycarskij pojedinok) — medieval European sport
  • Russian: поединок (pojedinok) — medieval European sport
  • Russian: сшибка на копьях (sšibka na kopʹjax) — medieval European sport
  • Spanish: justa — medieval European sport
  • German: verbale Rangelei — two people sparing with each other verbally
  • German: Wortgefecht — two people sparing with each other verbally
  • French: joute — Translations
  • Italian: giostra — Translations
  • Portuguese: justa — Translations
  • Spanish: justa — Translations