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verb (used without object)
1.
to jest; joke; gibe.
verb (used with object)
2.
to mock or make fun of.
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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
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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.
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