Joust

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A combat between two mounted knights or men-at-arms using lances; a tilting match.
  • n. A series of tilting matches; a tournament.
  • n. A personal competition or combat suggestive of combat with lances: a politician who relishes a joust with reporters.
  • verb-intransitive. To engage in mounted combat with lances; tilt.
  • verb-intransitive. To engage in a personal combat or competition.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A tilting match: a mock combat between two mounted knights or men-at-arms using lances in the lists or enclosed field.
  • v. To engage in mock combat on horseback, as two knights in the lists; to tilt.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To engage in mock combat on horseback, as two knights in the lists; to tilt.
  • verb-intransitive. To engage in a competition involving one-to-one struggle with an opponent.
  • n. A tilting match; a mock combat on horseback between two knights in the lists or inclosed field.
  • n. Any competition involving one-to-one struggle with an opponent.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. See just, etc.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. joust against somebody in a tournament by fighting on horseback
  • n. a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances
  • Verb Form
    jousted    jousting    jousts   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    battle    struggle   
    Variant
    just   
    Form
    jouster   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    tilt    fight   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Faust    Proust    doused    espoused    groused    oust    poust   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    don'tcha    paladin    haid    comptroller-general    pageantry    neber    tourney    vew