Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913 Jape · IPA /d͡ʒeɪp/ v. i. v. t. 01 v. i. To jest; to play tricks; to jeer. 1. To jest; to play tricks; to jeer.[Obs.] 02 v. t. To mock; to trick. 1. To mock; to trick. “I have not been putting a jape upon you.” — Sir W. Scott. “The coy giggle of the young lady to whom he has imparted his latest merry jape.” — W. Besant.