joust
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- just (obsolete)
Etymology edit
From Middle English, borrowed from Old French jouster (modern French jouter), from Vulgar Latin *juxtō, *iuxtō, *iuxtāre, from Latin iūxta (“close to”). English since the early 14th century.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /d͡ʒaʊst/
Audio (US) (file) - (Canada) IPA(key): /d͡ʒʌʊst/
- Rhymes: -aʊst
- (also) IPA(key): /d͡ʒuːst/
- (also) IPA(key): /d͡ʒʌst/
Noun edit
joust (plural jousts)
- A tilting match: a mock combat between two mounted knights or men-at-arms using lances in the lists or enclosed field.
Synonyms edit
Translations edit
a mock combat between two mounted knights or men-at-arms
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Verb edit
joust (third-person singular simple present jousts, present participle jousting, simple past and past participle jousted)
- To engage in mock combat on horseback, as two knights in the lists; to tilt.
- To engage in verbal sparring over an important issue. (used of two people, both of whom participate more or less equally)
- (slang) To touch penises while engaging in a sex act, especially oral sex.