🤺joust

verb
/dʒaʊst/

Meaning

to engage in a medieval contest on horseback with lances; to compete or argue

Example Sentences

The knights prepared to joust in front of the cheering crowd.

Example Expressions

political jousting

Synonyms

fight, duel, combat, contend, compete

Antonyms

yield, surrender, retreat

Collocations

jousting tournament, joust with rivals, political joust

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