joust
/dʒaʊst/
verb
- To fight on horseback with lances as part of a medieval tournament.
- The knights prepared to joust in the tournament.
- He learned to joust at a special training camp.
- They will joust at the festival next weekend.
- To compete or argue with someone in a spirited way.
- The two professors jousted over the meaning of the ancient text.
- In the meeting, they jousted for control of the project.
- The siblings jousted playfully about whose turn it was to do the dishes.
noun
- A combat between two knights on horseback, each trying to knock the other off with a lance.
- At the medieval fair, they reenacted a joust for the crowd.
- The winner of the joust was awarded a golden trophy.
- The king watched a joust between two famous knights.
- A competition or argument in which two people or groups oppose each other.
- The debate turned into a verbal joust between the two candidates.
- The lawyers engaged in a legal joust over the contract.
- Their friendly joust over who made the best pizza lasted all evening.