English

Detailed Synonyms for jape in English

jape:

to jape verb (japes, japed, japing)

  1. to jape
    to joke; to banter; to jape; to poke fun at; to play a joke; to do something silly; to commit foolery; to play a trick; to make fun of; to jest
    • joke verb (jokes, joked, joking)
    • banter verb (banters, bantered, bantering)
    • jape verb (japes, japed, japing)
    • poke fun at verb (pokes fun at, poked fun at, poking fun at)
    • play a joke verb (plays a joke, played a joke, playing a joke)
    • do something silly verb (does something silly, did something silly, doing something silly)
    • commit foolery verb (commits foolery, committed foolery, committing foolery)
    • play a trick verb (plays a trick, played a trick, playing a trick)
    • make fun of verb (makes fun of, made fun of, making fun of)
    • jest verb (jests, jested, jesting)

Conjugations for jape:

present
  1. jape
  2. jape
  3. japes
  4. jape
  5. jape
  6. jape
simple past
  1. japed
  2. japed
  3. japed
  4. japed
  5. japed
  6. japed
present perfect
  1. have japed
  2. have japed
  3. has japed
  4. have japed
  5. have japed
  6. have japed
past continuous
  1. was japing
  2. were japing
  3. was japing
  4. were japing
  5. were japing
  6. were japing
future
  1. shall jape
  2. will jape
  3. will jape
  4. shall jape
  5. will jape
  6. will jape
continuous present
  1. am japing
  2. are japing
  3. is japing
  4. are japing
  5. are japing
  6. are japing
subjunctive
  1. be japed
  2. be japed
  3. be japed
  4. be japed
  5. be japed
  6. be japed
diverse
  1. jape!
  2. let's jape!
  3. japed
  4. japing
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

jape [the ~] noun

  1. the jape
    – a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter 1
    the laugh; the gag; the joke; the jest; the jape
    – a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter 1
    • laugh [the ~] noun
      • thanks for the laugh1
      • he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest1
    • gag [the ~] noun
      • he knows a million gags1
    • joke [the ~] noun
      • he told a very funny joke1
    • jest [the ~] noun
      • he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest1
    • jape [the ~] noun
      • even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point1

Related Words for "jape":

  • japing

Alternate Synonyms for "jape":


Related Definitions for "jape":

  1. a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter1
    • even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point1