jape

Example Sentences

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McDonald and Jim Youngren came up with the billboard as a jape on the prevailing national image of Seattle in the wake of the Boeing bust.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 9, 2021

All a viewer needs for access to his Picasso jape is the ability to read simple English.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 7, 2020

Yes, there is a jape about polyphasic sleep.

From The Verge • Feb. 26, 2020

Morkel initially claims he touched it, so thus umpire Tucker goes upstairs for the run-out, but then the big bowler reveals he was joking - a jape!

From The Guardian • Jan. 15, 2016

"What a jape the gods have made of us two," she said.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin