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Definition

a contest in which knights attempt to knock each other off horses with blunted lances

or:

any kind of contest

I saw the jousting show in Las Vegas.

jousting = a contest in which mounted knights attempt to knock each other off horses with blunted lances

She fell entering the final curve as the runners jousted for position.
"They don't joust," Marion grumbled,
Sarah Dessen -- Someone Like You

joust = a contest in which knights attempt to knock each other off horses with blunted lances

Sir Grummore Grummursum is on the way to challenge you to a joust.
T. H. White -- The Once and Future King

joust = a contest in which knights attempt to knock each other off horses with blunted lances

"Better than jousting in a Kansas cornfield," Percy agreed.
Rick Riordan -- The Mark of Athena
In the museums there were pictures of jousting knights and harlequins with wooden swords: masked men, sad and funny.
Tim O'Brien -- Going After Cacciato
He rides out, then turns, running hard for the dead like a knight in a joust.
Libba Bray -- Sweet Far Thing
When I saw the smile I realized verbal jousting was the only sport of Edward T. Reynolds, his only method of communication.
Pat Conroy -- The Lords of Discipline
Bree wanted to joust, but Kristina thought about a long walk home and put Bree back into her box.
Ellen Hopkins -- Crank
No, my jousting days are done, he thought as he dismounted .... but all the same, he stopped to watch a while.
George R.R. Martin -- A Feast For Crows
And then your Highness will begin to learn how to tilt and joust.
C.S. Lewis -- The Horse and His Boy
"Five days of jousting were planned," she said.
George R.R. Martin -- A Storm of Swords
I backed Ser Jaime in the jousting, along with half the court.
George R.R. Martin -- A Game of Thrones
The little men were done up in wooden armor, miniature knights preparing for a joust.
George R.R. Martin -- A Dance With Dragons
Jamie made a game of it, of course, running up and down between the flapping fabrics, pretending he was a knight at a joust.
Geraldine Brooks -- Year of Wonders
And if ye think that I be weary, and ye have an appetite to joust with me, I shall find you jousting enough.
Thomas Malory -- Le Morte D'Arthur, Volume II
"Will you joust today, my lord?" she asked him.
George R.R. Martin -- A Clash of Kings
I will well, said Arthur, and rode fast after the sword, and when he came home, the lady and all were out to see the jousting.
Thomas Malory -- Le Morte D'Arthur, Volume I
I will well, said Arthur, and rode fast after the sword, and when he came home, the lady and all were out to see the jousting.
Thomas Malory -- Le Morte D'Arthur
Most folks were right-handed, and back then a man wanted to keep his sword or jousting pole closest to his enemy.
David Baldacci -- Zero Day

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