jape

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Featuring the vocal talents of Irish stalwarts Jape and Katie Kim, the song is a modern tropical uplift.

From The Guardian • Aug. 15, 2012

"One of you will tell me, I swear, or—" "We were having a Jape with Hodor," confessed Big Walder.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

J. to Jettyng, to Janglyng, and Jape not to oft.

From Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales A Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of England by Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard)

Its origin is related as follows by the ingenious Father Gassalasca Jape, S.J.

From The Devil's Dictionary by Bierce, Ambrose

Jape, jāp, v.i. to jest, joke.—v.t. to mock.—n. a jest, joke, trick.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various