jape

jape has 3 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 4.

Definitions

• v. i.. To jest; to play tricks; to jeer.
• v. t.. To mock; to trick.
• n.. 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 his own jest"; "even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point"