- present participle of joust.
jousting
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And props are improvised so that pool noodles are used for jousting and an earbud case serves as an engagement ring.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
TV commercials showed construction workers jousting with FatMaxes, and Stanley sued copycat competitors for alleged patent infringement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026
These include regional fisheries bodies and the International Seabed Authority -- the forum where nations are jousting over proposed rules on the environmentally destructive deep-sea mining industry.
From Barron's ● Jan. 17, 2026
And like sword fights, jousting is never not entertaining.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 31, 2025
As it turned out, Turquine did sit better when it came to the tilt, so that this particular criticism came to nothing—but it throws a sidelight on jousting and may have been worth mentioning.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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