Translations for „jape“ in the English » German Dictionary

I . jape [ʤeɪp] dated N

jape

Streich m

jolly japes

Dummejungenstreiche pl

jolly japes

Lausbubenstreiche pl A, CH

II . jape [ʤeɪp] dated VB intr

jape

scherzen

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English

Jape was amongst six of the nominees who performed at the event, with a three-song set featuring earlier in proceedings.

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The novel was considered by many critics, however, as an amusing jape rather than serious satire.

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These japes only do a disservice to the film's many serious allegations.

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Still, security's never far from muscling in to snuff out japes.

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So what brought this interplanetary jape on, then?

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Such japes, all now bittersweet and tinged with sadness.

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Alongside the jokes and japes, he makes you feel his moments of pain and frustration and anger - and his awesome capacity for hard work.

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The japes or practical jokes of the novel begin with a statue's unconventional decapitation.

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Jape uses a mixture of instrumentals and samplers to create a hypnotic vibe that entrances the listener.

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Worse still, he abhors the notion that blowing up the pillar was a jolly jape, a bit of craic.

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