joust

Từ điển American Heritage Dictionary 4th

joust (joust, jŭst, jo͞ost) also just (jŭst)n.
1.
a. A combat between two mounted knights or men-at-arms using lances; a tilting match.
b. jousts A series of tilting matches; a tournament.
2. A personal competition or combat suggestive of combat with lances:
a politician who relishes a joust with reporters.intr.v. joust·ed, also just·ed joust·ing, just·ing jousts, justs
1. To engage in mounted combat with lances; tilt.
2. To engage in a personal combat or competition. [Middle English, from Old French juste, from juster, to joust, from Vulgar Latin *iūxtāre, to be next to, from Latin iūxtā, close by. See yeug- in Indo-European Roots.] joustʹer n.