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jousting
adjective as in fighting
Strong matches
Example Sentences
After the verbal jousting between Arteta and Guardiola this week, BBC Sport takes a look at some of the Premier League’s other big managerial rivalries down the years.
Lately, Damon is at his best in a more relaxed, weathered mode — think of his confident comedic turn in “The Martian” or his verbal jousting with Cillian Murphy in “Oppenheimer” — and in “The Instigators,” he touchingly taps into his character’s middle-aged mediocrity.
That deal will probably get done after some more jousting.
Verbal jousting in response to Barkley’s wisecracks has been commonplace during his two-decade tenure on “Inside the NBA,” which is in jeopardy of ending as soon as Thursday night because competing networks are negotiating for the N.B.A.’s media rights.
But after Bradley Collins saved United's first kick, from Casemiro, Andre Onana denied Callum O'Hare, then unsettled Ben Sheaf with some verbal jousting - and the Coventry captain missed - allowing Rasmus Hojlund to win it.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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