joust
noun
- mock lance battle
verb
- to confront with lance
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /d͡ʒaʊst/ / /d͡ʒʌʊst/ / /d͡ʒuːst/
noun
Etymology: 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.
- A tilting match: a mock combat between two mounted knights or men-at-arms using lances in the lists or enclosed field.
“medieval joust”
verb
Etymology: 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.