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jape

/dʒeɪp/noun

उच्चारण जेप

मज़ाक, ठिठोली, छेड़छाड़

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noun
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    [C] old-fashioned

    a trick or joke that is played on somebody

    मज़ाक, ठिठोली, छेड़छाड़

    • The students played a jape on their teacher.
    • The boys played a jape on the cook by hiding his big ladle.
    • The boys planned a harmless jape for the last day of school.
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    • It was just a jape, and nobody was meant to be hurt.
    • His friends remember him for his many japes and pranks.

    Synonyms joke prank trick jest lark

≈Synonyms and antonyms
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Jape, with silent e.

Jape, silent e के साथ।

?Which word?

Keep the joke words together: jape (old-fashioned, a trick or joke), prank (a trick played for fun), jest (a joke, literary), practical joke (a trick that makes somebody look silly), lark (informal, something done for fun).

मज़ाक के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: jape (पुराना, चाल या मज़ाक), prank (मज़े के लिए की गई चाल), jest (मज़ाक, साहित्यिक), practical joke (किसी को मूर्ख दिखाने वाली चाल), lark (अनौपचारिक, मज़े के लिए किया गया काम)।

“Collocations, idioms and sayings

Play a jape on sb.

Collocation: play a jape on sb (किसी के साथ शरारत या मज़ाक करना)। 'Jape' का मतलब है हल्का-फुल्का मज़ाक।

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General knowledge

1 April is April Fool's Day, when people play pranks.

1 अप्रैल April Fool's Day है, जब लोग मज़ाक करते हैं।