Related Searches
Nearby Words
Alberta www.travelalberta.com/us/ Alberta is the Home of the Rockies. Plan Your Alberta Canada Vacation.
Better than Jasper... www.yellowfinbi.com/ Yellowfin Dashboards and Reporting give you competitive advantage
Beautiful Jasper Gemstone www.become.com/ Emeralds- Rubies- Sapphires & More Jasper Gemstone at Great Prices.
Ads
verb (used without object)
1.
to jest; joke; gibe.
verb (used with object)
2.
to mock or make fun of.
00:10
00:09
00:08
00:07
00:06
00:05
00:04
00:03
00:02
00:01
Japer
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
noun
3.
a joke; jest; quip.
4.
a trick or practical joke.
Origin:
1300–50; Middle English japen, perhaps < Old French jap(p)er to bark, of imitative orig.
1300–50; Middle English japen, perhaps < Old French jap(p)er to bark, of imitative orig.
Related forms
jap·er, noun
jap·er·y, noun
jap·ing·ly, adverb
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source
|
Link To Japer
Collins
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
jape
c.1300, "to trick, beguile," perhaps from O.Fr. japer "to howl," of echoic origin, or from O.Fr. gaber "to mock, deride." Phonetics suits the former, but sense the latter explanation. Took on a slang sense mid-15c. of "have sex with," and disappeared from polite usage. Revived in harmless M.E. sense
EXPAND of "say or do something in jest" by Scott, etc.
COLLAPSE
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source
Cite This Source
Word Dynamo By Dictionary.com
Quote Of The Day
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright © 2012. All rights reserved.
