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   Jape

   /jāp/

   

   noun

   • 1. a practical joke: "the childish jape of depositing a stink bomb in her locker"

   verb

   • 1. say or do something in jest or mockery.

   Word Origin Middle English: apparently combining the form of Old French japer ‘to yelp, yap’ with the sense of Old French gaber ‘to mock’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. japery noun

   Scrabble Points: 13

   • J

     8

   • A

     1

   • P

     3

   • E

     1

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