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joust

 verb
     
Related topics: Horses
joust [intransitive]
1DSH to fight with lances (=long sticks) while riding horses, as part of a formal competition in the past
2 to compete or argue with someone
joust with
The minister and I have often jousted with each other.
—joust noun [countable]
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