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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter;
- Example: "he told a very funny joke"
- Example: "he knows a million gags"
- Example: "thanks for the laugh"
- Example: "he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest"
- Example: "even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point"
[syn: joke, gag, laugh, jest, jape]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Jape \Jape\, v. t.
   To mock; to trick. --Chaucer.
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         I have not been putting a jape upon you. --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.
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         The coy giggle of the young lady to whom he has
         imparted his latest merry jape.          --W. Besant.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

jape
    n 1: 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" [syn: joke, gag, laugh, jest,
         jape]