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Webster 1913 Edition
Joust
1.
A tilting match; a mock combat on horseback between two knights in the lists or inclosed field.
[Written also
just
.] Gorgeous knights at
joust
and tournament. Milton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Joust
JOUST.
[See Just.]Definition 2024
joust
joust
English
Jousting.
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.
Translations
a mock combat between two mounted knights or men-at-arms
Synonyms
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.
- (idiomatic) To engage in verbal sparring over an important issue. (used of two people, both of whom participate more or less equally)
- (idiomatic) To touch penises while engaging in a sex act, especially oral sex.