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verb

Definition of joustnext
as in to fight
of knights in the Middle Ages to engage in battle on horseback with lances The knights jousted against each other.

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noun

as in duel

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Recent Examples of joust
Verb
After this rather violent courtship, the female enters the den, and the pair spends several days living together, often jousting. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Apr. 2026 The fair features jousting tournaments, battle reenactments, themed entertainment and artisan vendors. — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
Noun
Johnson, a sophomore setter/right-side hitter, won a joust at the net with Lockport trailing 23-22 in the first game to pump the Porters up. — Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 10 Apr. 2026 That more aggressive posture has been exemplified in Lewis George's smaller jousts with the mayor over housing and public safety policies, too. — Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 16 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for joust
Recent Examples of Synonyms for joust
  1. fight
  2. duel
  3. battle
  4. confrontation
  5. wrestle
  6. face-off
  7. fistfight
  8. slugfest
Verb
  • Two firefighters died from injures sustained while fighting the blaze.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 July 2026
  • The action is set in the 1750s with Washington as a young man eager to fight, initially as a British officer in a period of complex loyalties.
    — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 3 July 2026
Definition of fight
Noun
  • Gabriel and Haaland are key men for their countries, too; whoever shades their personal duel will have a great chance of finishing on the winning team.
    — Jack Lang, New York Times, 5 July 2026
  • As with many Latin American and African teams, Paraguay defend deep and are extremely physical in duels and aerial battles.
    — Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 3 July 2026
Definition of duel
Verb
  • White settlers and frontier pioneers built vast, fenceless cattle stations, battling harsh environments and disease, embracing a hard-living culture that exists to this day.
    — Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 5 July 2026
  • Two shades of yellow, one closer to a ripe lemon, the other closer to gold, filled Kansas City’s FIFA World Cup Fan Fest as Ghana and Colombia battled for a spot in the Round of 16 on Friday night.
    — Latif Love July 4, Kansas City Star, 4 July 2026
Definition of battle
Noun
  • Multiple replay challenges, a pivotal plate tag and a brief benches-clearing confrontation highlighted the drama as the Dodgers became the first team to 60 wins.
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
  • The prosecutor argued that Styles’ death was more than a confrontation.
    — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 6 July 2026
Definition of confrontation
Verb
  • Tempers flared late in the fourth quarter when Kings center Dylan Cardwell and Nets guard Egor Demin wrestled for a loose ball.
    — Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 5 July 2026
  • Officials throughout the state have tried to wrestle with the gray area e-bikes occupy — faster than humans strolling on the greenbelt but not quite at the same level as cars and trucks.
    — Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 3 July 2026
Definition of wrestle
Noun
  • In this unofficial but unavoidable national holiday face-off between two people who have been public in their dislike for each other, Swift gets to fire the first shot.
    — Martha Ross, Mercury News, 2 July 2026
  • Some fans embraced the face-off, such as Yaritza Barre, who is Ecuadorian with a Mexican husband.
    — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of face-off
Noun
  • Later, Enola also participates in a horseback chase and violent fistfight with the female villain.
    — Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 30 June 2026
  • Its satirical video, depicting politicians descending into an all-out fistfight, proved especially prescient during the fevered atmosphere of the 2016 election cycle.
    — SPIN Staff, SPIN, 17 June 2026
Definition of fistfight
Noun
  • The Yankees started their slugfest in style against the Rays, as Judge’s big fly traveled 429 feet to the batter’s eye at Steinbrenner Field.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Hunter Henry, Austin Hooper, Jack Westover Notes: It’s been a slow, ugly slugfest among the backup tight ends to see who can win the No. 3 job.
    — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 9 Aug. 2025
Definition of slugfest

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