- 1to fight on horses using a long stick (= a lance) to try to knock the other person off their horse, especially as part of a formal contest in the past
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- 2(formal) to argue with someone, especially as part of a formal or public debate
joust
verbNAmE//dʒaʊst//
[intransitive]Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they joust he / she / it jousts
past simple jousted
-ing form jousting
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