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

In this charming jape of a thriller, Inspector Henry Cutter is known around New Scotland Yard for having “a weakness for certain exotic cases.”

From Washington Post • Jan. 14, 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

“My lord jests. You will forgive me if I do not laugh. We Braavosi are descended from those who fled Valyria and the wroth of its dragonlords. We do not jape of dragons.”

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin