joust
/d͡ʒaʊst/
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joust noun: a tilting match: a mock combat between two mounted knights or men-at-arms using lances in the lists or enclosed field.
Noun
joust (plural jousts)
- A tilting match: a mock combat between two mounted knights or men-at-arms using lances in the lists or enclosed field.
- medieval joust
- Synonyms:
- tilt
Verb
joust (third-person singular simple present jousts, present participle jousting, simple past and past participle jousted)
- 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
- Politicians often joust with words during debates.
- To touch penises while engaging in a sex act, especially oral sex.
joust meaning in Marathi, Urdu and Malayalam
joust in Marathi
- a mock combat between two mounted knights or men-at-arms
- जाउस्ट jāusṭa
- engage in mock combat on horseback
- जाउस्ट करणे jāusṭa karṇe
joust in Urdu
- جنگ زر گری, جھوٹی لڑائی
joust in Malayalam
- tourney, fight, spar
- കുന്തയുദ്ധപ്രകടനം നടത്തുക, മത്സരിക്കുക, ഏറ്റുമുട്ടുക, പോരാടുക, മുഷ്ടിയുദ്ധപ്രകടനം നടത്തുക, കുന്തംകൊണ്ട് അശ്വാരൂഢയുദ്ധം ചെയ്യുക
- tournament, tourney, combat
- അശ്വയോദ്ധാക്കളുടെ കുന്തയുദ്ധപ്രകടനം, മത്സരക്കളികളുടെ പരമ്പര, മുഷ്ടിയുദ്ധം, കായികപ്രകടനമത്സരം, അശ്വാരൂഢയുദ്ധം
Examples of joust in a sentence
- But jousts are the No. 1 attraction at Ren fests.
- Outside, Michael shrugged against the stiff shoulders of his jousting gambeson, opting to leave his platemail in the trunk.
- But do not joust (to break) fifty or sixty or one hundred lances as you are accustomed to do.
Synonyms of joust
Forms of joust
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | jousts |
| alternative form | just |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | jousts |
| present participle | jousting |
| past participle | jousted |
| past | jousted |
Origin of joust
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.
Words formed from joust
Words that rhyme with joust
Questions about joust
- What does joust mean?
- Joust means a tilting match: a mock combat between two mounted knights or men-at-arms using lances in the lists or enclosed field.
- What is joust in Marathi?
- Joust in Marathi is जाउस्ट (jāusṭa), जाउस्ट करणे (jāusṭa karṇe). See Joust meaning in Marathi.
- What part of speech is joust?
- Joust can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce joust?
- Joust is pronounced /d͡ʒaʊst/.
- What is the plural of joust?
- The plural of joust is jousts.
Words near joust in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: joust (page history and authors); joust (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); joust (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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