Associations to the word «Jape»
Noun
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Wiktionary
JAPE, noun. A joke or quip.
JAPE, verb. (intransitive) To jest; play tricks; joke.
JAPE, verb. (transitive) To mock; deride; gibe; trick; befool.
Dictionary definition
JAPE, noun. 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".
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.