joust
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joust
- /d͡ʒaʊst/
- /d͡ʒʌʊst/ Canada
- /d͡ʒuːst/ also
- /d͡ʒʌst/ also
Sounds like juiced, just · Rhymes with -aʊst, -uːst, -ʌst
Where it comes from
From Middle English, borrowed from Old French jouster (modern French jouter), from Vulgar Latin *juxtō, *iuxtō, *iuxtāre, from Latin iūxta (“close to”). English since the early 14th century.
noun jousts · just
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A tilting match: a mock combat between two mounted knights or men-at-arms using lances in the lists or enclosed field.
medieval joust
Similar: tilt
verb jousts · jousting · jousted · just
- To engage in mock combat on horseback, as two knights in the lists; to tilt. The knights prepared to joust in the tournament.
- To engage in verbal sparring over an important issue. (used of two people, both of whom participate more or less equally) verbally joust
- To touch penises while engaging in a sex act, especially oral sex.
Translations
Every language
noun a mock combat between two mounted knights or men-at-arms
| Español | justa |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 馬上槍試合 bajō yarijiai, ジョスト josuto |
| 中文 | 馬上長矛比武 /马上长矛比武 mǎshàng chángmáo bǐwǔ, 比武 bǐwǔ |
| Português | justa |
| Français | joute équestre |
| Deutsch | Tjost, Lanzenstechen, Lanzenzweikampf |
| Italiano | giostra |
| Русский | турни́р turnír, поеди́нок pojedínok |
| עברית | תחרות tacharut |
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title = {joust},
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