MEANING
1. To fight in a mounted contest with lances, especially as part of a tournament.
2. To engage in competitive argument or verbal sparring.
Use it for
ceremonial combat; public rivalry; proving martial skillStage violence within rules and before an audience.
Words that belong together
- joust with a rival
- jousting knight
- joust for a prize
On the page
The rivals agreed to joust with blunted lances.
She had jousted before nobles but never before her own family.
Two courtiers were jousting over the wording of the treaty.
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Word forms
- Base
- joust / jousts
- Past tense
- jousted
- Past participle
- jousted
- Present participle
- jousting
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- joust / jousts
- Present continuous
- am/is/are jousting
- Present perfect
- have/has jousted
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been jousting
- Past
- jousted
- Past continuous
- was/were jousting
- Past perfect
- had jousted
- Past perfect continuous
- had been jousting
- Future
- will joust / jousts
- Future continuous
- will be jousting
- Future perfect
- will have jousted
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been jousting
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: fantasy. Also figurative for competitive verbal sparring; distinguish the regulated contest from cavalry warfare. Verb: joust, jousts, jousted, jousted, jousting. Related count noun: joust/jousts, a mounted contest.
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