Definition of "jousts" []

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of joust. (verb)

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• "Nor should I omit to say that he did as much for her as ever lover did for his lady, such as jousts, expensive habiliments, etc. -- nevertheless, as has been said, he found her always brusque and averse, and showing him less love than she reasonably should, for she knew for a fact that she was loyally and dearly loved by him."
• "More than anything else in this film, their verbal jousts, at once entertaining and repugnant, reveal the indifference of those in charge toward those they command."
• "He fences (occasionally on tightropes over roaring flames), jousts, leaps out high windows, falls into deadly pits, and crawls through secret tunnels."