Jape (?), v. i. [Prob. from the same source as gab,influenced by F. japper to yelp. See Gab to deceive.]
To jest; to play tricks; to jeer.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
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Jape, v. t.
To mock; to trick.
Chaucer.
I have not been putting a jape upon you.
Sir W. Scott.
The coy giggle of the young lady to whom he has imparted his latest merry jape.
W. Besant.
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