Definition of Japing

1. Verb. (present participle of jape) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Japing

1. jape [v] - See also: jape

Lexicographical Neighbors of Japing

japanning
japannish
japans
japanware
japchae
jape
japed
japer
japeries
japers
japery
japes
japester
japesters
japeworthy
japing (current term)
japingly
japings
japonaiserie
japonaiseries
japonica
japonicas
japped
japping
japs
jar
jar-owl
jar-owls
jar against
jarandolite

Literary usage of Japing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Select English Works of John Wyclif by John Wycliffe (1869)
"... or japing is trickery. Chaucer says of his Pardoner (Prologue to Canterbury Tales),— ' And thus with fained nattering and lapes, ..."

2. A Text-book of obstetrics by Barton Cooke Hirst (1909)
"(japing vulvar critice, injury of urogenital trigonum muscle, and prolapse of ... (japing vulvar orifice with rectocele and cystocele from a former labor. ..."

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