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Example Sentences
It was clearly meant to be a sycophantic gesture, but the jape backfired like a blocked Victorian shotgun.
The wink and gasp of Angus Jones as that flagrant vintage seared his throat ended the gentle jape as far as I was concerned.
It made a new game for him, you see, amusing and rather flattering as well, the kind of a jape he was all too apt at.
One of the smoking-room humorists mocked his accent and ventured a crude jape.
And when I say this, I do jape with words, and may hap ye understond me not.
I'm goin' to jape a bit with our friend, a' la 'Molly' Fairburn.
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On this page you'll find 26 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to jape, such as: fool, jeer, jest, mock, prank, and quip.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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