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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Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 30 Mar. 2025
Only fitfully do Beatrice and Benedick break their habit of jousting prose.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2025
Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 8 Oct. 2024
The pair spectacularly fell out at the back end of last year, amid a series of less than edifying verbal jousts.
—Dan Cancian, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
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Verb
Due to factors such as a 1536 jousting accident, His Majesty (Henry was the first monarch to insist on the title) put on a few pounds.
—Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 30 Mar. 2025
Only fitfully do Beatrice and Benedick break their habit of jousting prose.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2025
Noun
Many content creators have engaged in analyses of the feud and the discourse ought to hit a new level when the lyrical joust receives the full documentary treatment.
—Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 8 Oct. 2024
The pair spectacularly fell out at the back end of last year, amid a series of less than edifying verbal jousts.
—Dan Cancian, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
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“Joust.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/joust. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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