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giostra.

joust, jousting (knightly contest)

7 characters2 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈd͡ʒɔs.tra/
  1. joust, jousting (knightly contest)

    feminine · historical
  2. meanings by analogy: skirmish

    archaic · feminine
  3. meanings by analogy: fight

    feminine
  4. the act of going around

    feminine · rare
    fare la giostra
  5. the act of going around deceit, deception

    archaic · feminine · figuratively · rare
  6. a competition where contestants try to hit a target while speedily passing underneath it

    feminine
  7. merry-go-round (British), carousel (US); ride (at a theme park etc.)

    feminine
  8. the rides in an amusement park

    feminine · in-plural
  9. a chaotic succession

    feminine · figuratively
  10. mess (confusion of things)

    feminine · figuratively
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Old French joste, derived from joster.

verb/ˈd͡ʒɔs.tra/
  1. inflection of giostrare: third-person singular present indicative

    form-of · indicative · present · singular · third-person
  2. inflection of giostrare: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
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