A tilting match: a mock combat between two mounted knights or men-at-arms using lances in the lists or enclosed field.
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To engage in mock combat on horseback, as two knights in the lists; to tilt.
The knights prepared to joust in the tournament.
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To engage in verbal sparring over an important issue. (used of two people, both of whom participate more or less equally).
Politicians often joust with words during debates.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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