joust
verb
\ ˈjau̇st, sometimes ˈjəst or ˈjüst
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jousted;
jousting;
jousts
Definition of joust
(Entry 1 of 2)
1a
: to fight on horseback as a knight or man-at-arms
b
: to engage in combat with lances on horseback
2
: to engage in combat or competition as if in a joust
jousting debaters jousting bighorn rams
joust
nounDefinition of joust (Entry 2 of 2)
1a
: a combat on horseback between two knights with lances especially as part of a tournament
2
: a personal combat or competition : struggle
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Examples of joust in a Sentence
Verb
The knights jousted against each other.Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
Know Constance has come into thirteen like Juliet Capulet, lovesick, desperate, a pawn in the vagaries of jousting boys. — Kate Walbert, The New Yorker, "To Do," 26 Aug. 2019 Spread over 80 mostly wooded acres at 235 Main St. (Route 58), King Richard’s will open this weekend and be populated with all sorts of entertainers including acrobats, jugglers, dancers, minstrels, fire-eaters, and jousting knights. — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, "Suspend disbelief, bring imagination to the faire," 25 Aug. 2019 The look boasted a colorful yesteryear graphic print of armored knights, jousting horsemen, and a canoodling prince and princess. — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, "With His Latest Outfit, Post Malone Is Serving Game of Thrones Realness," 7 Aug. 2019 Little threatened to veer out of conventional control, and almost no raucous slapstick jousted alongside the bantering language. — Edward Rothstein, WSJ, "‘Twelfth Night’ Review: A Bland Transposition," 11 July 2019 District 2: East County Republicans joust The race for the District 2 seat, representing much of East County and an eastern portion of the city of San Diego, heavily favors Republicans. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Nearly $1.5 million has already poured into 2020 San Diego County supervisors races," 2 Aug. 2019 Games include jousting, an obstacle course, bull riding and more. — Shane Harrison, ajc, "Things to do in and around Atlanta: July 26-Aug. 3," 25 July 2019 Then frolic through our adult playground featuring a mechanical shark ride, surf board riding, grand slammer, human bowling, jousting, beer pong tables, corn hole, and more. — baltimoresun.com, "Enter for a chance to win tickets for two to the Amps and Ales Festival at Maryland Live Sept.," 24 July 2019 In July 2015, Democratic nominee Jack Conway jousted with Bevin on various issues from education to health care to job development. — Phillip M. Bailey, The Courier-Journal, "Andy Beshear snubs Kentucky Chamber of Commerce forum claiming the group backs Matt Bevin," 22 May 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
The festivities include a real joust, a live-flight bird of prey exhibition, games of skill to play and more. — courant.com, "Community News For The Hebron Edition," 28 Aug. 2019 The festivities include a real joust, a live-flight bird of prey exhibition, games of skill to play and more. — courant.com, "Community News For The Hebron Edition," 15 Aug. 2019 The debate’s early jousts revolved around health care. — Matt Ford, The New Republic, "Status Quo Joe," 1 Aug. 2019 The result of her June joust with Biden was she, more than any of the 20 candidates onstage, leaped in the rankings. — oregonlive.com, "Who won Wednesday night’s Democratic presidential debate? Vote here," 31 July 2019 Far more interesting will be the joust for the wild-card game, a race in which the Red Sox have bulled their way back into over the last few months. — Andy Mccullough, latimes.com, "Defending World Series champion Red Sox still feared despite early stumble," 13 July 2019 The answers demonstrate Trump's popularity in the Bluegrass State, as the two rivals joust in Kentucky's off-year election for governor. — Phillip M. Bailey, The Courier-Journal, "Matt Bevin, Andy Beshear both pass on calling Trump's 'go back' tweet racist," 17 July 2019 Later, after a joust with fellow Texan O’Rourke on immigration, other candidates emphasized their agreement with Castro. — Author: Aaron Blake, Anchorage Daily News, "Analysis: Winners and losers from the Democratic presidential debate’s first night," 27 June 2019 The festival, which started in 1976, is bringing wacky comedy shows, unique music performances, daring jousts, acrobatics, hypnotics and even big cats to 10 stages around the 30-acre festival grounds, located 30 minutes south of Denver in Larkspur. — Kaitlyn Bancroft, The Know, "Hear ye, hear ye! Make haste to the Colorado Renaissance Festival," 18 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'joust.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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joust
verb
English Language Learners Definition of joust
of knights in the Middle Ages
: to fight on horseback with lances
joust
verb
\ ˈjau̇st
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jousted;
jousting
Kids Definition of joust
(Entry 1 of 2)
: to take part in a combat on horseback with a lance
joust
nounKids Definition of joust (Entry 2 of 2)
: a combat on horseback between two knights with lances
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