jousted; jousting; jousts
1
a
: to fight on horseback as a knight or man-at-arms
b
: to engage in combat with lances on horseback
2
: to engage in combat or competition as if in a joust
jousting debaters
jousting bighorn rams
jouster
noun
1
a
: a combat on horseback between two knights with lances especially as part of a tournament
b
2
: a personal combat or competition : struggle
Examples of joust in a Sentence
Verb
The knights jousted against each other.
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David Lachapelle, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2024
Advertisement In 2003, Boston’s Pedro Martinez flung Yankees coach Don Zimmer to the ground, two Yankees players jousted with a Fenway Park groundskeeper, Boston manager Grady Little left Martinez in the decisive game too long, and the Yankees won on a walkoff home run by third baseman Aaron Boone.
—Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
Alexandra York, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
Keith Carradine and Harvey Keitel play French soldiers in Napoleon’s army who nurture a decades-long grudge that occasionally results in them coming to blows in sword fights, jousts, and eventually pistols at dawn.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 20 Nov. 2024
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Verb
Eventually, the two jousted with each other on the charts.
—David Lachapelle, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2024
Advertisement In 2003, Boston’s Pedro Martinez flung Yankees coach Don Zimmer to the ground, two Yankees players jousted with a Fenway Park groundskeeper, Boston manager Grady Little left Martinez in the decisive game too long, and the Yankees won on a walkoff home run by third baseman Aaron Boone.
—Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
Noun
Today, Call Her Daddy jousts with the likes of The Joe Rogan Experience and the New York Times’ The Daily for a spot at the top of the podcast streaming charts.
—Alexandra York, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
Keith Carradine and Harvey Keitel play French soldiers in Napoleon’s army who nurture a decades-long grudge that occasionally results in them coming to blows in sword fights, jousts, and eventually pistols at dawn.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 20 Nov. 2024
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“Joust.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/joust. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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