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Answer for the clue "Judge copy to be a joke ", 4 letters:
jape

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Jape is a synonym of joke . Jape or JAPE may also refer to one of the following: Jape (software) , a graphical proof assistant Jape (band) , an Irish electronic/rock band Japes , a 2001 stage play by Simon Gray JAPE (linguistics) , a transformation language ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A joke or quip. vb. 1 (context intransitive English) To jest; play tricks; joke. 2 (context transitive English) To mock; deride; gibe; trick; befool.

Usage examples of jape.

I have here in my gourd A draught of wine, yea, of a ripe grape, And right anon ye shall see a good jape.

Did you also think it would be a jolly jape to scare Lucy Shadd within an inch of her life?

Wat sayeth, lord, and his japes, ye must not misdeem of us that we shepherds of the Downs can do nought but run to ales and feasts, and that we are but pot-valiant: maybe thou thyself mayst live to see things go otherwise: and in that day may we have such as thee for captain.

Such japes as he heard in Anglic were gentle rather than stinging, laughter was more a deep clucking than a shrill peal.

There were no japes, no jibes at one another, no philosophical discussions.

He dragged Ben Jonson grumbling from his long sleep and made him sing: Ale and Anacreon, Beer and Boethius, Sack and Sophocles, these Please my heart More than the farting littleness, Borborygmic brittleness, Jokes and japes Of the apes and jackanapes One sees Courting the great At court, on estate -- Fleas!

And when this jape is told another day, I shall be held a daffe* or a cockenay *coward I will arise, and auntre* it, by my fay: *attempt Unhardy is unsely, as men say.

JAPES (Jason's Automatic Photo Enhancing System) was a specialized plug-in program module I'd designed, which combined many of the standard photographic enhancement techniques into a single complex operation controlled partly by me and partly by a learning expert system.

Not because he had japed the statue, but because he had japed it without understanding why.

You japed the statue to prevent your own murder at the hands of the Cohorts.

Guests japed in loud tones about “getting cleaned” and seemed to enjoy the diversion.

And the jeering and japing wavered at the sight of these formidable foe.

He might have been japing except that his whole body twisted and jerked in a most alarming way, and his face had a pecu­liar set smile.

There was easy jangling and japing as the knights lounged on the seared grass.

Below us, we could hear the Scots singing and japing as they decorated the hall for the occasion.