different between vape vs jape

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ve?p/
• Rhymes: -e?p

Etymology 1

A shortening of vaporizer.

Noun

vape (plural vapes)

1. Clipping of vaporizer.

Etymology 2

A shortening of vaporize.

Verb

vape (third-person singular simple present vapes, present participle vaping, simple past and past participle vaped)

1. (intransitive) To inhale the vapor produced by a non-combustible cigarette, most commonly an electronic cigarette.
   • 2007 December 18, SmokeyJoe, "Well it's not smoking....So what is it?" [1], e-cigarette-forum:

     "E-smoking" is a bit of a handful, "Misting" sounds far too fey, "Vaporizing" or "Vaping" has drug connotations. There must be a better word for my new hobby! Suggestions?

   • 2008 March 2, marian00, "Re: NJOY International" [2], e-cigarette-forum:

     I have received both my Sedansa and Njoy ciggies. ... They vape about the same. I can drip in both cigs, whether into the atomizer or into the filter. ... The e-cig minicig from .......... sucks -- and I don't mean literally. I can't get anything out of them. I don't like their pipe either. It vapes plenty; you just can't inhale and exhale much of anything.

   • 2008 April 24, TropicalBob, "Re: Now that's smoking!" [3], e-cigarette-forum:

     "Vaping" is just a fancy way to avoid the term "smoking", since smoking is illegal everywhere and these things don't burn anything and don't produce second-hand smoke.

Derived terms

• vaper

Translations

Noun

vape (plural vapes)

1. The smoking of a non-combustible cigarette, most commonly an electronic cigarette.

See also

• Citations:vaping

Anagrams

• EVAP, pave, pavé

French

Noun

vape f (plural vapes)

1. haze; mist
2. vape (act of vaping)

Derived terms

• tomber dans les vapes

Verb

vape

1. inflection of vaper:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

English

Etymology

From Middle English japen (“to deceive, play tricks on; act foolishly, joke; have sex with”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Old French japer (“to bark, howl, scream; chatter, gossip”) (possibly conflated with Old French gaber (“to mock, deride”), see gab), related to Old Occitan japar, jaupar (“to bark, yelp, yap”), probably of Proto-Germanic origin, related to Old Saxon galp?n (“to cry loudly, make a noise, brag”) (Low German galpen (“to bark, howl, scream”)), Middle High German gelpfen (“to scream, bark, boast, proclaim”), Old Norse gjálpa (“to yelp”) (dialectal Swedish galpa (“to cry, screech”)). More at yelp, yawp, yap.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??e?p/
• Rhymes: -e?p

Noun

jape (plural japes)

1. A joke or quip.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:joke

   • c. 1390, Geoffrey Chaucer, "The Pardoner's Tale" in The Canterbury Tales:

     "Thou bel ami, thou Pardoner," he said,

     "Tell us some mirth of japes right anon."

   • 1920, Jeffery Farnol, The Geste of Duke Jocelyn, Fytte 9:

     [H]e clapped hand to thigh, and laughed and laughed until the air rang again.

     "Oho, a jape—a jape indeed!" he roared.

2. A prank or trick.

Derived terms

• bejape
• japery

Translations

Verb

jape (third-person singular simple present japes, present participle japing, simple past and past participle japed)

1. (intransitive) To jest; play tricks.

   Synonyms: joke; see also Thesaurus:jest
2. (transitive) To mock; deride.

   Synonyms: gibe, trick, befool, make fun of, razz; see also Thesaurus:mock

3. (obsolete) To have sexual intercourse with.

   Synonyms: coitize, go to bed with, sleep with; see also Thesaurus:copulate with

Anagrams

• Peja