ADJ.
prepared, verbal
VERB + JOUST
contend
JOUST + NOUN
tournament, words
PREP.
during, in, in, with
ADV.
often, verbally
noun
A tilting match: a mock combat between two mounted knights or men-at-arms using lances in the lists or enclosed field.
medieval joust
verb
To engage in mock combat on horseback, as two knights in the lists; to tilt.
The knights prepared to joust in the tournament.
To engage in verbal sparring over an important issue. (used of two people, both of whom participate more or less equally)
verbally joust
Politicians often joust with words during debates.
To touch penises while engaging in a sex act, especially oral sex.
noun — a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each ot
To contend in a joust, be it verbal, one must also behave in a chivalrous way.
A medieval joust is held in the town of Arezzo every year.
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