jape
noun/dʒeɪp/
/dʒeɪp/
(British English, old-fashioned)- a trick or joke that is played on somebodyWord OriginMiddle English: apparently combining the form of Old French japer ‘to yelp, yap’ with the sense of Old French gaber ‘to mock’.
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