jape

Meanings

Plural: japes

Noun

a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
- "even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point"
A joke or quip.
A prank or trick.

Verb

To jest; play tricks.
To mock; deride.
To have sexual intercourse with.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English japen (“to deceive, play tricks on; act foolishly, joke; have sex with”), of uncertain origin, but perhaps combining Old French japer (“to bark, howl, scream; chatter, gossip”) with gaber (“to mock, deride”).
See also gab, Old Occitan japar, jaupar (“to bark, yelp, yap”), related to Old Saxon galpōn (“to cry loudly, make a noise, brag”) (Low German galpen (“to bark, howl, scream”)), Middle High German gelpfen (“to scream, bark, boast, proclaim”), Old Norse gjálpa (“to yelp”) (dialectal Swedish galpa (“to cry, screech”)). More at yelp, yawp, yap.

Synonyms

Any of Thesaurus:copulate + "with", ball, bang, bauf, be with, bed, beep, befool, boff, boink, bone, bonk, boom-boom, bust on, clown around, coit, coitize, dick, diddle, dig out, dight, do, doink, drill, eff, enjoy, expletive deleted, feague, feck, fill, Formal terms, frack, frak, frick, frig, frump, fuck, gag, get into someone's pants, get over on, get up in, gibe, gird, give someone one, give someone the time, gleek, go in unto, go to bed with, go with, have, have one's way with, have one's wicked way with, hit, hump, Informal and slang terms, jape, jeer, jest, jive, joke, josh, jump, jump someone's bones, kid, knob, knock, knock off, know, know someone in the biblical sense, lampoon, laugh, lay, lie by, lie with, love, love up, make, make a fool of, make fun of, make sport of, mimic, mock, mount, nail, needle, niggle, occupy, penetrate, plough, plug, poke, poke fun at, pork, pound, prig, pump, razz, ream, rib, roast, rock, roger, root, run through, rut, sard, satirize, schlong, scoff, scorn, screw, season, seduce, see to, service, shaft, shag, shelve, slay, sleep with, slip it to, smash, smush, stallionize, swive, take, tap, tease, trick, tup, twit, wap

Scrabble Score: 13

jape is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
jape is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
jape is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

jape is a valid Words With Friends word