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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Jape \Jape\, v. i. [Prob. from the same source as gab,influenced by F. japper to yelp. See {Gab} to deceive.] To jest; to play tricks; to jeer. [Obs.] --Chaucer. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Jape \Jape\, v. t. To mock; to trick. --Chaucer. I have not been putting a jape upon you --Sir W. Scott. The coy giggle of the young lady to whom he has imparted his latest merry jape. --W. Besant. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: jape n : a humorous anecdote or remark [syn: {joke}, {gag}, {laugh}, {jest}, {yak}, {wheeze}]
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