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noun

Any competition or test of opposing wills likened to the sport in which knights fought with lances: tilt, tournament, tourney. See conflict/cooperation.

IN BRIEF: n. - A combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances v. - Fight on horseback against somebody in a tournament.

Tutor's tip: When referees judged the "joust" (combat between knights using lances) "just," (fair) the crowd booed.

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• Fights - joust: contest between knights mounted on horseback and armed with lances

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - konkurrere, dyste
n. - konkurrence, turnering, dyst

Nederlands (Dutch)
(aan) steekspel (deelnemen), toernooi

Français (French)
v. intr. - jouter
n. - joute

Deutsch (German)
v. - tjostieren, turnieren
n. - Tjost (Zweikampf zu Pferde mit Lanzen), Turnier

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - (ιστ., μτφ.) κονταροχτυπιέμαι
n. - έφιππη κονταρομαχία

Italiano (Italian)
giostrare, partecipare a un torneo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - combate (m), competição (f), justa (f)
v. - combater, pelejar, justar

Русский (Russian)
турнир, состязание, соперничать

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - justar, participar en un torneo, trabar combate
n. - justa, torneo

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - tornera
n. - tornering

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
骑马进行长矛比武, 竞争, 马上长矛比武, 竞技

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 騎馬進行長矛比武, 競爭
n. - 馬上長矛比武, 競技, 競爭

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 마상 창시합을 하다
n. - 마상 창시합

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 馬上槍試合, 馬上槍試合大会
v. - 馬上槍試合をする

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) تبارزا على ظهور الخيل (الاسم) مبارزة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮נאבק, התנגח, התחרה‬
n. - ‮דו-קרב בין שני אבירים המנסים להדוף זע"ז מגב הסוס באמצעות רמחים‬

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