joust

Meaning

Noun

A tilting match: a mock combat between two mounted knights or men-at-arms using lances in the lists or enclosed field.

Verb

1. To engage in mock combat on horseback, as two knights in the lists; to tilt.
2. To engage in verbal sparring over an important issue. (used of two people, both of whom participate more or less equally)
3. (slang) To touch penises while engaging in a sex act, especially oral sex.

Synonyms

tilt

duel

bushwhacking

combat

contest

donnybrook

fight

fray

free-for-all

hassle

melee

quarrel

riot

rough-and-tumble

scuffle

strife

struggle

tournament

tourney

tussle

conflict

argument

biffo

battle

Pronounced as (IPA)

/d͡ʒaʊst/

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.