joust.
A tilting match: a mock combat between two mounted knights or men-at-arms using lances in the lists or enclosed field.
Meaning & usage
A tilting match: a mock combat between two mounted knights or men-at-arms using lances in the lists or enclosed field.
medieval joust
Where this word comes from
From Middle English, borrowed from Old French jouster (modern French jouter), from Vulgar Latin *juxtō, *iuxtō, *iuxtāre, from Latin iūxta (“close to”). English since the early 14th century.
To engage in mock combat on horseback, as two knights in the lists; to tilt.
The knights prepared to joust in the tournament.
To engage in verbal sparring over an important issue. (used of two people, both of whom participate more or less equally)
verbally joust
Politicians often joust with words during debates.
To touch penises while engaging in a sex act, especially oral sex.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English, borrowed from Old French jouster (modern French jouter), from Vulgar Latin *juxtō, *iuxtō, *iuxtāre, from Latin iūxta (“close to”). English since the early 14th century.
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