3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Jape \Jape\, v. t.
To mock; to trick. --Chaucer.
I have not been putting a jape upon you --Sir W.
Scott.
The coy giggle of the young lady to whom he has
imparted his latest merry jape. --W. Besant.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
jape
n : a humorous anecdote or remark [syn: {joke}, {gag}, {laugh},
{jest}, {yak}, {wheeze}]
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