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to joust

to joust

3 9.6
To ride toward another knight on a horse and try to knock them off with a long spear
  • verb
  • /dʒaʊst/
translation icon : justar
  • During the festival, they would joust on horseback, aiming to impress the crowd with their bravery.
  • jousting knights
  • jousting tournament

Examples

  • You expect me to joust with this beast night after night until I die?

    Gods of Egypt (2016)

  • In 1536, Henry suffered a disastrous accident whilst jousting.

    The Game of Crowns: The Tudors (2023)

  • Then it is time to joust.

    Blog text (18)

  • So, you'd like to joust, would you?

    Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)

  • He begins to joust with an imaginary opponent.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • It was just like watching Sir Lancelot jousting Sir Turquine.

    The Natural (1984)

  • Dennis Knapp is your average stay-at-home dad—when he's not jousting, that is.

    Blog text (6)

  • The knights prepared to joust at the annual tournament, each eager to prove their skills.

  • To win the prize, he trained tirelessly to joust against the best competitors in the kingdom.

Synonyms

to tilt
vsto joust
  • Archaic
12 9.2

To charge at another rider on horseback with a lance

involves general mounted fighting with lances rather than a single charge
to tourney
vsto joust
  • Archaic
9.9

To take part in a contest where knights fight on horses

refers to actively fighting on horseback with lances rather than general participation

How Violent

to duel
31 7.3
brawl
60 4.6
to joust
3 9.6
to fight
∞ 1.0
spar
1 7.2

Surface Forms

joust infinitive
jousted past
jousted past participle
jousting present participle
jousts third person singular

Etymology

Joust as a verb comes from the same old root juxta, 'near' or 'next to'. Knights would ride close and try to knock each other off, so to joust means to fight on horseback with lances in a tournament.