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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Jape

· IPA /d͡ʒeɪp/
01 v. i. To jest; to play tricks; to jeer.
  1. 1.
    To jest; to play tricks; to jeer.[Obs.]
02 v. t. To mock; to trick.
  1. 1.
    To mock; to trick.
    “I have not been putting a jape upon you.” Sir W. Scott.
    “The coy giggle of the young lady to whom he has imparted his latest merry jape.” — W. Besant.