jape

Plural: japes

Noun

a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
- "even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point"
A joke or quip.
A prank or trick.

Verb

Verb Forms: japed, japing, japes

To mock or make fun of someone or something with jest.
To jest; play tricks.
To mock; deride.
To have sexual intercourse with.

Examples

In Scrabble, it’s unwise to JAPE at an opponent’s short words, as they often set up big plays.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English japen (“to deceive, play tricks on; act foolishly, joke; have sex with”), of uncertain origin, but perhaps combining Old French japer (“to bark, howl, scream; chatter, gossip”) with gaber (“to mock, deride”).
See also gab, Old Occitan japar, jaupar (“to bark, yelp, yap”), related to Old Saxon galpōn (“to cry loudly, make a noise, brag”) (Low German galpen (“to bark, howl, scream”)), Middle High German gelpfen (“to scream, bark, boast, proclaim”), Old Norse gjálpa (“to yelp”) (dialectal Swedish galpa (“to cry, screech”)). More at yelp, yawp, yap.

Synonyms

gag, jest, joke, laugh, Any of Thesaurus:copulate + "with", Formal terms, Informal and slang terms, ball, bang, bauf, be with, bed, beep, befool, boff, boink, bone, bonk, boom-boom, bust on, clown around, coit, coitize, dick, diddle, dig out, dight, do, doink, drill, eff, enjoy, expletive deleted, feague, feck, fill, frack, frak, frick, frig, frump, fuck, get into someone's pants, get over on, get up in, gibe, gird, give someone one, give someone the time, gleek, go in unto, go to bed with, go with, have, have one's way with, have one's wicked way with, hit, hump, jape, jeer, jive, josh, jump, jump someone's bones, kid, knob, knock, knock off, know, know someone in the biblical sense, lampoon, lay, lie by, lie with, love, love up, make, make a fool of, make fun of, make sport of, mimic, mock, mount, nail, needle, niggle, occupy, penetrate, plough, plug, poke, poke fun at, pork, pound, prig, pump, razz, ream, rib, roast, rock, roger, root, run through, rut, sard, satirize, schlong, scoff, scorn, screw, season, seduce, see to, service, shaft, shag, shelve, slay, sleep with, slip it to, smash, smush, stallionize, swive, take, tap, tease, trick, tup, twit, wap

Scrabble Score: 13

jape: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
jape: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
jape: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

jape: valid Words With Friends Word