joust

joust

J0067300 (joust, jŭst, jo͞ost) also just (jŭst)n.1. a. A combat between two mounted knights or men-at-arms using lances; a tilting match.b. jousts A series of tilting matches; a tournament.2. A personal competition or combat suggestive of combat with lances: a politician who relishes a joust with reporters.intr.v. joust·ed, joust·ing, jousts also just·ed or just·ing or justs 1. To engage in mounted combat with lances; tilt.2. To engage in a personal combat or competition.

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[Middle English, from Old French juste, from juster, to joust, from Vulgar Latin *iūxtāre, to be next to, from Latin iūxtā, close by; see yeug- in Indo-European roots.]

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joust′er n.

joust

(dʒaʊst) historyn (Historical Terms) a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with lances. A tournament consisted of a series of such engagementsvb (Historical Terms) (intr; often foll by against or with) to encounter or engage in such a tournament: he jousted with five opponents. [C13: from Old French jouste, from jouster to fight on horseback, from Vulgar Latin juxtāre (unattested) to come together, from Latin juxtā close] ˈjouster n

joust

(dʒaʊst, dʒʌst, dʒust)
n. 1. a combat in which two mounted knights armed with lances attempted to unhorse each other, esp. as part of a tournament. 2. a personal competition or struggle. v.i. 3. to engage in a joust. 4. to contend or compete. [1250–1300; < Old French juster, joster, jouster to tilt in the lists < Vulgar Latin *juxtāre to approach, clash] joust′er, n.

joust

Past participle: jousted
Gerund: jousting

Imperative	joustjoust

Present	I joustyou jousthe/she/it joustswe joustyou joustthey joust

Preterite	I joustedyou joustedhe/she/it joustedwe joustedyou joustedthey jousted

Present Continuous	I am joustingyou are joustinghe/she/it is joustingwe are joustingyou are joustingthey are jousting

Present Perfect	I have joustedyou have joustedhe/she/it has joustedwe have joustedyou have joustedthey have jousted

Past Continuous	I was joustingyou were joustinghe/she/it was joustingwe were joustingyou were joustingthey were jousting

Past Perfect	I had joustedyou had joustedhe/she/it had joustedwe had joustedyou had joustedthey had jousted

Future	I will joustyou will jousthe/she/it will joustwe will joustyou will joustthey will joust

Future Perfect	I will have joustedyou will have joustedhe/she/it will have joustedwe will have joustedyou will have joustedthey will have jousted

Future Continuous	I will be joustingyou will be joustinghe/she/it will be joustingwe will be joustingyou will be joustingthey will be jousting

Present Perfect Continuous	I have been joustingyou have been joustinghe/she/it has been joustingwe have been joustingyou have been joustingthey have been jousting

Future Perfect Continuous	I will have been joustingyou will have been joustinghe/she/it will have been joustingwe will have been joustingyou will have been joustingthey will have been jousting

Past Perfect Continuous	I had been joustingyou had been joustinghe/she/it had been joustingwe had been joustingyou had been joustingthey had been jousting

Conditional	I would joustyou would jousthe/she/it would joustwe would joustyou would joustthey would joust

Past Conditional	I would have joustedyou would have joustedhe/she/it would have joustedwe would have joustedyou would have joustedthey would have jousted

Thesaurus

Noun

1.joust - a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lancestiltstruggle, battle - an energetic attempt to achieve something; "getting through the crowd was a real struggle"; "he fought a battle for recognition"tournament - a series of jousts between knights contesting for a prize

Verb

1.joust - joust against somebody in a tournament by fighting on horsebackfight, struggle, contend - be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight; "the tribesmen fought each other"; "Siblings are always fighting"; "Militant groups are contending for control of the country"tilt - charge with a tilt

joust

verb1. compete, fight, contend, vie, struggle, contest, strive, challenge lawyers joust in the courtroom2. cross swords, fight, engage, tilt, trade blows, enter the lists, break a lance Knights joust and frolic.noun1. duel, match, lists, tournament, set-to, encounter, combat, engagement, tilt, tourney, passage of arms an annual reconstruction of medieval jousts and banquets

joust

nounAny competition or test of opposing wills likened to the sport in which knights fought with lances:tilt, tournament, tourney.