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Joust
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Verb
2. joust
joust against somebody in a tournament by fighting on horseback
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Joust
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1.
a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with lances. A tournament consisted of a series of such engagements
verb
2. (intr; often foll by against or with)
to encounter or engage in such a tournament
he jousted with five opponents
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Joust
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1.
a combat with lances between two knights on horseback; esp., such a formal combat as part of a tournament
2. [pl.]
a tournament
verb intransitive
3.
to engage in a joust
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Joust
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1.
a. A combat between two mounted knights or men-at-arms using lances; a tilting match.
b. jousts A series of tilting matches; a tournament.
2. A personal competition or combat suggestive of combat with lances: a politician who relishes a joust with reporters.
intr.v. joust·ed, joust·ing, jousts also just·ed or just·ing or justs
1. To engage in mounted combat with lances; tilt.
2. To engage in a personal combat or competition.
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