meaning of jape
1. To jest; to play tricks; to jeer.
2. To mock; to trick.
3. a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter; "he told a very funny joke"; "he knows a million gags"; "thanks for the laugh"; "he laughed unpleasantly at hisown jest"; "even a schoolboys jape is supposed to have some ascertainable
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