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present participle of joust
Synonyms & Antonyms of jousting
of knights in the Middle Ages
to engage in battle on horseback with lances
- The knights jousted against each other.
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for jousting
- battling,
- clashing (with),
- combating
- (or combatting),
- fighting,
- scrimmaging (with),
- skirmishing (with),
- warring (against)
- banging,
- bashing,
- battering,
- batting,
- beating,
- belting,
- bludgeoning,
- bopping,
- buffeting,
- clobbering,
- hammering,
- hitting,
- knocking,
- pasting,
- pounding,
- punching,
- slamming,
- slapping,
- slogging,
- slugging,
- smacking,
- smiting,
- socking,
- striking,
- swatting,
- swiping,
- thumping,
- thwacking,
- walloping,
- whacking,
- whaling
Antonyms & Near Antonyms for jousting
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“Jousting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jousting. Accessed 18 Aug. 2022.
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