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jade [dʒeıd] N

II . ape [eıp] VB trans

cape2 [keıp] N

gape [geıp] VB intr N

3. gape:

nape [neıp] N ANAT

rape2 [reıp] N BOT

I . tape [teıp] N

II . tape [teıp] VB trans

1. tape → tape-record

2. tape (up):

See also tape-record

jab <jabbed; jabbing> [dʒæb] VB trans, intr N

1. jab:

jab
jab

II . jam1 <jammed; jamming> [dʒæm] VB intr

III . jam1 <jammed; jamming> [dʒæm] N

jam1 <jammed; jamming> [dʒæm]

II . jar1 <jarred; jarring> [dʒɑː] VB trans

III . jar1 <jarred; jarring> [dʒɑː] N

jaw [dʒɔː] N

2. jaw:

jaw

I . jail [dʒeıl] Am, gaol mainly Brit N

II . jail [dʒeıl] Am, gaol mainly Brit VB trans

I . jazz [dʒæz] N

jamb [dʒæm] N ARCHIT

I . dope [dəʊp] N

3. dope:

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
A little of this goes a very long way and one quickly begins to tire of the production's jolly japes and effortful roguishness.
www.telegraph.co.uk
And the more day-to-day japes: ringing on housemistresses' doorbells and running away.
www.foyles.co.uk
The japes or practical jokes of the novel begin with a statue's unconventional decapitation.
en.wikipedia.org
Worse still, he abhors the notion that blowing up the pillar was a jolly jape, a bit of craic.
www.independent.ie
Still, security's never far from muscling in to snuff out japes.
www.nzherald.co.nz
It isn't a clever jape to hint at groups of men preying on drunk young women.
www.smh.com.au
Alongside the jokes and japes, he makes you feel his moments of pain and frustration and anger - and his awesome capacity for hard work.
www.independent.co.uk
But the stink that filled the privy gave ample evidence that the oft-repeated jape about his father was just another lie.
hollywoodlife.com
These japes only do a disservice to the film's many serious allegations.
en.wikipedia.org
Perhaps the exuberance of youth simply burned itself out; he was, after all, in his thirties -- the japes and mickey-taking had surely lost their novelty.
www.goal.com

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