joust

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A tilting match: a mock combat between two mounted knights or men-at-arms using lances in the lists or enclosed field.
verb
  1. To engage in mock combat on horseback, as two knights in the lists; to tilt.
  2. To engage in verbal sparring over an important issue. (used of two people, both of whom participate more or less equally)
  3. To touch penises while engaging in a sex act, especially oral sex.

Pronunciation

/d͡ʒaʊst/ en-us-joust.ogg /d͡ʒʌʊst/ /d͡ʒuːst/ /d͡ʒʌst/

Word forms

joust jousts just jousting jousted

Etymology

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.

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