Japing

Twelve days before the Games began, a pedestrian footbridge collapsed, injuring 23, and brought Delhi's chief minister Sheila Dikshit to prominence and scatalogical japing about her name from Australia threatened a diplomatic incident. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He had the canny self-assurance of an industry maverick, the outsider who tries to roil the works, japing every complacent rule of belief. ❋ Don Delillo (2008)

When that starving dog finally does what you knew it would, the scene is so over the top that dread shades into laughter -- helped by King's broad japing about doggy dinners. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I'm going to stop japing for a minute, and bring something to your attention. ❋ Ann Althouse (2007)

I'd assumed, if not hoped, it to be similar to that in which I got my GCSE results: everyone all gathered together in a rather desperate noisy throng, jostling and japing outside in the late August sun, waiting to be let into that section of the school which had been specially opened up to dispense the good and ill tidings, everyone still in a holiday mood, nobody quite taking it seriously. ❋ Alistair Myles (2006)

His japing, heavy-lidded eyes took Soames in from top to toe. ❋ Unknown (2004)

It gave Soames quite a turn to see that familiar beef-coloured face pale and puffy as a moon, with dark corrugated circles round eyes which still had their japing stare. ❋ Unknown (2004)

The eyes — with thick under-lids, were light and shrewd and rather japing; the side-whiskers grey; the mouth looked as if it could swallow a lot; the old-time tail-coat was of broadcloth; the hands those of a man of affairs. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Then was there laughing and japing at Sir Dinadan, that they wist not what to do with him. ❋ Unknown (2003)

Odclay the jester would gather the names up, gallivanting and japing as he did so, and then the king with great ceremony read each of the names accompanied by much cheering. ❋ PETER DAVID (2001)

And when his father saw that he recked not of such things, then the king made to be brought tofore him women quaintly arrayed, and he demanded what they were, for they would not so lightly tell him, whereof he was annoyed, and after the master squire of the king said, japing, that they were devils that deceive men. ❋ 1230-1298 (1900)

He could not move without either seeing those two together, or the reflection of them in George Forsyte's japing eyes. ❋ John Galsworthy (1900)

The bulk of the panel was lighthearted japing back and forth, mostly about getting injured and visiting the hospital. ❋ Unknown (2010)

[Vinny]: "IT'S [A FUCKING] [JAPE]!" ❋ Golden Inferno (2017)

That asshole at the [swap meet] just sold me a copy of [Ernest Goes to Camp], but the disc is all scratched! Man, I just got [JAPED]! ❋ Bostwick Smyth (2011)

"[shit] was japes [last night], [man]" ❋ Heinhelm (2011)

1.'I [think] [we should] [pull a] jape' 2.'It was a JAPE' ❋ Japery (2005)

[You should] have [seen] her [fall] over, it was so japes! ❋ Bobkat (2005)

"ya japein [meh]? [my friend]" said [joe] ❋ Joe Japekinston (2004)

[What do] you call a [Japanese] [ape]? Japes. ❋ That One Guy In The Back (2017)

A blurred [amateur video] recording of what was supposedly Japes. --Cameraman "oh my god did you see that?!?" --Random dude "Jebus thats f**ken ugly f**ked up sh*t" -- *A somewhat blurred ape-like creature stares at the human beings for a [breif] moment before disappearing into the white fog of Mount Everest* -- They chase after it and encounter it yet again but this time the ape-like creature is more hostile and attacks and kills the random dude. -- The [cameraman] flees, and as he runs he hears the ape-like terror scream "If you dont become gay your gona be a TB" -- [Cameraman] screams "stfu faggot!!" ❋ WeTogtherCanHuntThisDamnApe (2009)

Anall: I got [chimped] on. [Swab]: Nah man you literally got [JAPED] ❋ Ahul (2021)

"Hey Japes, [heard that] Japes was Japes last night!" instead of "[Hey bro], heard that party was [mad] last night!" ❋ YesXav (2023)