jape
pronunciation
How to pronounce jape in British English:
UK [dʒeɪp]
How to pronounce jape in American English:
US [dʒep]
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- Noun:
- a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
Word Origin
- jape (v.)
- late 14c., "to trick, beguile, jilt," perhaps from Old French japer "to howl, bawl, scream," of echoic origin, or from Old French gaber "to mock, deride." Phonetics suits the former, but sense the latter explanation. Took on a slang sense mid-15c. of "have sex with," and disappeared from polite usage. Revived in harmless Middle English sense of "say or do something in jest" by Scott, etc. Related: Japed; japing.
- jape (n.)
- early 14c., "trick, deceit," later "a joke, a jest" (late 14c.); see jape (v.). By mid-14c. it meant "frivolous pastime," by 1400, "bawdiness."
Example
- 1. You think this is a jape ?
- 2. He can 't take a jape .
- 3. Lt 's more of a jape or a jest , but still , it 's progress .
- 4. Somebody jape , the korea car that full market runs rises with iron sand accumulation of australia .
- 5. I am a jape only then , this became the excuse that he errs unexpectedly , did not think of he looked for really .