'Jape' definitions:
Definition of 'jape'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Jape'
From: GCIDE
- Jape \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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Jape'
From: GCIDE
- Jape \Jape\, v. t. To mock; to trick. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- I have not been putting a jape upon you. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
- The coy giggle of the young lady to whom he has imparted his latest merry jape. --W. Besant. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'jape'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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