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joust

[ joust, juhst, joost ]

noun

  1. a combat in which two knights on horseback attempted to unhorse each other with blunted lances.
  2. this type of combat fought in a highly formalized manner as part of a tournament.
  3. jousts, a tournament.
  4. a personal competition or struggle.


verb (used without object)

  1. to contend in a joust or tournament.
  2. to contend, compete, or struggle:

    The candidates will joust in a television debate.

joust

/ ʊ /

noun

  1. a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with lances. A tournament consisted of a series of such engagements
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. intr; often foll by against or with to encounter or engage in such a tournament

    he jousted with five opponents

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈdzܲٱ, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • dzܲİ noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of joust1

1250–1300; (v.) Middle English justen, jousten < Old French juster, joster, jouster to tilt in the lists < Vulgar Latin to approach, clash, derivative of Latin ܳ approaching, bordering; (noun) Middle English juste, jouste < Old French juste, etc., derivative of juster
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of joust1

C13: from Old French jouste, from jouster to fight on horseback, from Vulgar Latin ܳre (unattested) to come together, from Latin ܳ close
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But this food aid appears to have become be another chess piece in the joust between California and the Trump administration’s efforts to pressure state and local officials to follow its edicts.

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I groaned to see a giant fork and spoon mounted on the kitchen wall of one of Marvin’s for-sale properties, then smiled when the silverware got ripped down and repurposed as jousting weapons.

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I had the delight to be brought in to kind of decorate, to play around — to almost tease her up into the jousting arena.

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History shows they’ve acted as statesmen in times of crisis before and temporarily paused their jousts on social media and in the courts.

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Thirteen years on from his untimely death, the influence of the continent's most charismatic star is enduringly felt when Europe take on the USA in their biennial jousts.

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