English-French translations for joust

jouter
jouteC'est une simple position de bon sens, un bon sens qui disparaît parfois dans les joutes diplomatiques et les réactions bureaucratiques. It is a simple position of common sense, common sense that sometimes disappears in the diplomatic jousting and bureaucratic reactions. La question est tellement grave et notre tâche tellement chargée de responsabilité que nous ne pouvons permettre qu’elle devienne l’objet d’une joute politique entre les partis.The issue is such a serious one and our task so laden with responsibility that we cannot allow it to become the subject of political jousting between parties.

A tilting match: a mock combat between two mounted knights or men-at-arms using lances in the lists or enclosed field
To engage in mock combat on horseback, as two knights in the lists; to tilt
To touch penises while engaging in a sex act, especially oral sex

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