jape - EE Dictionary | EE Dictionary

jape.

/jeyp/US // dʒeɪp //UK // (dʒeɪp) //

戏谑,戏弄,骗人,骗局

Related Words

fool傻瓜,傻子,笨蛋,愚弄 quip打趣说,打趣地说,调侃,打趣话 jeer嘲笑,嗤之以鼻,笑话,嘲笑声 trick诀窍,窍门,骗局,诡计 jest趣事,趣话,趣闻,趣谈 mock嘲讽,嘲弄,讽刺,嘲笑 prank恶作剧,恶搞

Definitions

v.verb · 无主动词

1.
japed, jap·ing.
- ›to jest; joke; gibe.

v.verb · 有主动词

1.
japed, jap·ing.
- ›to mock or make fun of.

n.noun · 名词

1.
- ›a joke; jest; quip.
- ›a trick or practical joke.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounjoke

Synonyms

fool傻瓜,傻子,笨蛋,愚弄 jeer嘲笑,嗤之以鼻,笑话,嘲笑声 jest趣事,趣话,趣闻,趣谈 mock嘲讽,嘲弄,讽刺,嘲笑 prank恶作剧,恶搞 quip打趣说,打趣地说,调侃,打趣话 trick诀窍,窍门,骗局,诡计

Examples

It was clearly meant to be a sycophantic gesture, but the jape backfired like a blocked Victorian shotgun.
The wink and gasp of Angus Jones as that flagrant vintage seared his throat ended the gentle jape as far as I was concerned.
It made a new game for him, you see, amusing and rather flattering as well, the kind of a jape he was all too apt at.
One of the smoking-room humorists mocked his accent and ventured a crude jape.
And when I say this, I do jape with words, and may hap ye understond me not.
I'm goin' to jape a bit with our friend, a' la 'Molly' Fairburn.

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