jape Synonyms
Strongest:
Strong:
- giggle
- quip
- rib
- parody
- pleasantry
- yock
- yak
- wisecrack
- witticism
- yuck
- jest
- scream
- josh
- funny
- boffo
- yuk
- drollery
- boff
- one-liner
- prank
- gag
- waggery
- sally
Weak:
- buffoonery
- caper
- practical-joke
- persiflage
- banter
- knee-slapper
- kidding
- raillery
- riot
- monkeyshine-s-
- thigh-slapper
- wisecracking
- wit
- comedy
- repartee
- caricature
- drollness
- funniness
- wordplay
- riff
- trick
- leg-pull
- mock
- crack
- mockery
- humor
- burlesque
- panic
- humorousness
- boffola
- hilariousness
- facetiousness
- antic
- put-on
- nifty
- funning
- lampoon
jape Meaning
Wordnet
jape (n)
a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
Webster
jape (v. i.)
To jest; to play tricks; to jeer.
Webster
jape (v. t.)
To mock; to trick.
jape Sentence Examples
- The court jester's jape made the king laugh until he cried.
- The prankster's jape was so elaborate that it took days to set up.
- The joke was nothing more than a harmless jape, but it made the whole office laugh.
- The child's jape of hiding his sister's shoes was meant to be funny, but it only made her angry.
- The politician's jape about his opponent's intelligence was met with boos and jeers from the crowd.
- The jape of the day was to see how many people could be fooled by a fake news story.
- The jape of the magic show was to make the audience believe that the magician had actually sawed a woman in half.
- The prank call was a jape that was meant to scare the recipient, but it only ended up annoying them.
- The employee's jape of pretending to be the boss was funny at first, but it quickly got old.
- The jape of the wedding reception was to have the bride and groom dance to a song that was completely inappropriate.
FAQs About the word jape
a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughterTo jest; to play tricks; to jeer., To mock; to trick.
joking, laugh,joke, giggle, quip, rib, parody, pleasantry, yock, yak
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The court jester's jape made the king laugh until he cried.
The prankster's jape was so elaborate that it took days to set up.
The joke was nothing more than a harmless jape, but it made the whole office laugh.
The child's jape of hiding his sister's shoes was meant to be funny, but it only made her angry.
