Jape

Definition: Jape

Jape

Noun

1. A humorous anecdote or remark.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "jape" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references)

Synonyms: Jape

Wit

Verb: joke, jest, crack a joke, make a joke, jape, cut jokes; perpetrate a joke; pun, perpetrate a pun; make fun of, make merry with; kid, kid around, fool around; set the table in a roar; (amuse).

Jest, joke, jape, jibe; facetiae, levity, quips and cranks; capital joke; canorae nugae; standing jest, standing joke, private joke, conceit, quip, quirk, crank, quiddity, concetto, plaisanterie, brilliant idea; merry thought, bright thought, happy thought; sally; flash of wit, flash of merriment; scintillation; mot, mot pour rire; witticism, smart saying, bon-mot,jeu d'esprit,epigram; jest book; dry joke, quodlibet, cream of the jest.

Crosswords: Jape

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Albanian

tallem (flout, fool about, fool around, hoax, jeer, joke, laugh at, make fun of, make smb. laugh, make sport of, mock, quiz, scoff), shaka (badinage, crack, facetiae, gag, hoax, jest, jocosity, jocularity, joke, lark, persiflage, play, pleasantry, prank, quiz, spoof, trick, waggery), bëj shaka (badinage, gag, jest, joke, kid, make a game of, make smb. laugh, quiz, rally, rot, trifle). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مسرحية هزلية (comedy, farce, skit), ‏سخر (befool, chip, debunk, deride, fleer, guy, jeer, kid, lampoon, laugh at, make a game of, make fun of, mimic, mock, monkey, override, persiflage, pillory, poke fun, pooh pooh, quip, quiz, rally, rib, ridicule, satirize, scoff, send up, smile, snap, sneer, snigger, taunt, tee-hee, twit), ‏خدع (bamboozle, beguile, betray, bilk, bitch, bite, blind, bluff, brown, bubble, camouflage, catch, cheat, chisel, con, crook, deceive, deception, decoy, defraud, delude, diddle, do, dupe, entrap, fall for, feint, fiddle, fob, fool, fox, get round, give the lie to, gull, gyp, hoax, hocus pocus, humbug, illusory, impose, intrigue, job, leg pull, lure, mislead, mock, mystify, nick, overreach, pitch, play a trick, pose, prank, pull a fast one, pull his leg, ream, rook, sell, settle his hash, skin, skunk, slang, stick, string along, swank, swindle, take for a ride, take in, trick, victimize, wile). (various references)

Bulgarian 

шегувам се (chaff, gag, jest, joke, jolly, rally, rot, sport), шега (chaff, fun, game, hoax, jest, jig, joke, lark, pleasantry, prank, quiz, raillery, rib, sport, tease, trick, waggery), надсмивам се (fleer, flout, jeer, rail), подигравка (dig, flout, gibe, gird, jeer, jest, jibe, mock, mockery, ridicule, rub, scoff, sneer, snub, sport, twit, wipe), подигравам се (gird, jeer, jest, quiz, scoff, sneer). (various references)

Czech

vtipkovat (banter, crack jokes, jest, joke, quip), utahovat si (taunt), žert (fun, gag, jest, joke, prank), šprýmovat (crack jokes), šprým (jest, joke, prank, quirk). (various references)

Farsi 

فریب دادن (Bob, Cheat, Deceive, Delude, Dissimulate, Doin, Fool, Hoodwink, Hum, Humbug, Mislead), مسخره کردن (Imp, Kid, Quiz, Satirize), لطیفه زدن , لطیفه (Epigram, Jest, Joke, Quip, Witticism), گمراه کردن (Misdirect, Misguide, Misinform, Mislead, Seduce), گول (Bilk, Cajole, Cajolery, Cheat, Crimp, Deception, Gull, Humbug), طعنه (Irony, Jeer, Jest, Quip, Rail, Sarcasm, Satire, Scoff, Sikt, Taunt), جماع کردن فریب , شوخی (Bob, Curvet, Fun, Game, Gig, Humor, Jest, Jink, Jocosity, Joke, Lark, Pleasantry, Prank, Quiz, Sport, Spree, Witticism), دست انداختن شخص . (various references)

French

se moquer de, farce, faire une farce. (various references)

German

spotten (be derisive, deride, derision, flout, gibe, jeer, jeer at, jibe, make fun of, mock, mock fun, mockery, ridicule, scoff, scorn, sneer, taunt, to mock). (various references)

Greek 

καλαμπουρίζω, χωρατό (joke), χωρατεύω (trifle with), αστειεύομαι (chaff, jest, joke, kid), αστείο (antics, chaff, fun, gag, hoax, jest, joke, pleasantry, sport). (various references)

Hebrew 

מעש�" ליצ� ות, מעש�" קו� �"ס (hoax, lark, practical joke, prank), ל�"תלוצץ (banter, jest, joke, mock), ל�"תב�"ח (gag, joke), קו� �"סות (mischief, practical joke, prank), ב�"יח�" (anecdote, funny story, gag, jest, joke). (various references)

Hungarian

tréfa (droll, freak, fun, gag, game, hoax, jeer, jest, jocularity, joke, lark, mischief, monkeyshine, skylarking, sport, spree, story, waggery), hecc (bang), vicc (droll, humor, humour, kid, pleasantry, story, yuck, yuk), tréfálkozás (game, jesting, rollicking, waggery, waggishness), kötekedés (banter, pugnaciousness, pugnacity, scoff, scoffing), gúnyolódás (flout, gibe, irony, jeer, jibe, mock, raillery, rallying, sarcasm, scoff, scoffing, taunt), csipkelődés (raillery, sally, scoffing), évődés (banter). (various references)

Italian

tiro (cast, draft, draught, draw, drawing, farce, fire, haul, horse, joke, prank, puff, shooting, shot, team, throw, trick), scherzo (banter, child's play, frolic, frolics, gag, game, hoaw, jest, joke, lark, play, prank, quiz, rag, trick, trifle). (various references)

Pig Latin

apejay.(various references)

Portuguese

zombar (banter, bemock, deride, engirdle, fool, gibe, gird, jeer, jeer at, jest, jibe, make fun of, mock, scoff, sneer, twit), gracejar (banter, droll, fib, frolic, fun, jest, joke, josh, kid, lark, tease, trifle), graça (absolution, beauty, charm, daintiness, fun, grace, gracefulness, jest, jocosity, joke, lark, pardon, pleasantry, prettiness, quitch, salt, sauce, savor, savour, wit, witticism), brincar (coquet, fool, frisk, frolic, fun, gambol, have a good time, jest, joke, josh, kid, lark, play, romp, toy, trifle), brincadeira (a practical joke, badinage, banter, dalliance, diversion, drollery, escapade, frisk, frolic, fun, gag, gambol, game, gibe, gird, hoax, humor, humour, jest, jibe, joke, joking, josh, lark, play, pleasantry, practical joke, prank, raillery, rig, sport, waggery), artimanha (cunning, guile, snare, stratagem, subterfuge, trick, trickery, tweak, wile), ardil (dodge, elusion, maneuver, manoeuvre, mantrap, ruse, shift, snare, trap, trick, wiles). (various references)

Romanian

glumi (dally, fool, jest, joke, jolly, kid, lark), glumã (chaff, farce, frolic, fun, gag, game, jest, joke, lark, play, prank, sport, trick, wheeze, wisecrack, wit, witticism), face glume (gag), a-şi râde de (jolly, kid, lash, make sport of, mock, scoff, smile at). (various references)

Russian 

шутка (banter, farce, fun, jest, jocularity, joke, lark, legpull, one-liner, pleasantry, raillery, sport, trick, witticism), шутить (droll, jest, joke, joked, joking, josh, kidding, trifle), высмеивать (deride, make a game of, make fun, make fun of, make game of, mock, razz, satirize). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

rugati se (bullyrag, deride, flout, gibe, gird, jeer, jest, mock, poke fun, ridicule, scoff), ruganje (derision, gibe, jeer, mockery), lakrdija (burlesque, farce, harlequinade, jest), šega (jeer, prank). (various references)

Spanish

decir chistas, decir burlas, decir bromas, chistar, chista, burlar (chaff, circumvent, deceive, deride, dish, escape, get by, hoax, hoodwink, jest, live up, outflank, outsmart, outwit, spoof, taunt, trick), burla (circumvention, derision, gag, gibe, jeer, jest, jibe, joke, persiflage, ragging, scoff, scoffing, skit, sneer, takeoff, trick), bromear (banter, daff, deride, fool, fool around, fun, jest, jive, joke, kid on, play, spoof), broma (badinage, banter, cantrip, facetiae, fun, gag, jag, jest, joke, lark, panic, pleasantry, prank, quiz). (various references)

Swedish

skämt (banter, booby-trap, foul, fun, funny, gag, jest, jesting, joke, jokes, joking, lark, pleasantry, trifling, wheeze). (various references)

Thai

เรื่องตลก (joke, rib-tickler), เยาะเย้ย (gibe, gibe at, guy, jibe, mock, ridicule, sardonic, taunt with), ล้อเล่น (cod). (various references)

Turkish

kafa bulmak (have smb. on, ironize, pull one's leg, rally, rib, ride, send up), kafa bulma (leg pull, raillery, send up, spoof, wipe, wiper), dalga geçmek (cod, gibe, jeer, jibe, kid, make fun of, make merry over, monkey around, pull smb.'s leg, rag, razz, rib, ridicule, scoff, send up), dalga geçme (gibe, jibe, kidding, making fun of smb., no kidding, pulling smb.'s leg, ridicule, wipe, wiper), alay etmek (deride, flout, gibe, gird at, gird at smb., give smb. a roasting, groove, guy, hold in derision, ironize, jeer, jeer at, jibe, jolly, Josh, laugh at, make a game of, make a jest of, make fun of, make merry over, mock, poke fun, poke fun at smb., pull smb.'s leg, razz, ridicule, roast, rot, scoff, take the mickey out of smb., taunt), alay (banter, cortege, derision, fleet, fun, gag, gibe, irony, jeer, jest, jibe, joke, leg pull, mock, mockery, parade, persiflage, procession, quiz, regiment, regimental, ridicule, rub, scoff, sneer, taunt, teasing, troops in line, wipe). (various references)

Ukrainian

висміювати (befool, caricature, deride, droll, make fun of, mock, quip, satirize), жартувати (badinage, banter, chaff, droll, fun, gag, jest, joke, jolly, lark, lark around, monkey, play, trifle, yak), жарт (cantrip, jest, jocosity, joke, panic, play, pleasantry, skit, trick, wheeze, witticism). (various references)

Vietnamese 

nói giễu. (various references)

iocus. (various references)

japer. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "jape": japed, japer, japeries, japers, japery, japes. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Jape" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aape, Ajoe, Ajp, Iapi, Ijape, jaap, jabe, jabi, jaboe, jace, jae, jaez, jafe, jage, jaip, jale, Jaleh, jame, Japa, japee, Japek, japen, japez, Japie, japs, jaqe, jare, Jarpa, jase, Jate, Jave, jawe, jawp, jaxe, jaye, Jaze, jele, jeppy, Jhapa, jiep, jipe, jipi, jipo, jipt, Jipy, joae, jolpe, jope, joupe, jp, jpa, jpe, jup, jupe, kape, yape. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: ape, pea.

-2 letters: ae, pa, pe.

+1 letter: japed, japer, japes.

+2 letters: japers, japery, jasper, jauped.

+3 letters: aparejo, cajeput, jaspers, jaspery, jeopard, kajeput.

+4 letters: aparejos, cajeputs, jalapeno, jalopies, japanize, japanned, japanner, japeries, jeopards, jeopardy, kajeputs, pajamaed.

+5 letters: applejack, cheapjack, jalapenos, jaloppies, japanized, japanizes, japanners, jeoparded, juxtapose.