Jape
Jape , intransitive verb
[Probably from the same source as gab, influenced by French japper to yelp. See Gab to deceive.]
To jest; to play tricks; to jeer. [Obsolete] — Chaucer
Jape , transitive verb
To mock; to trick. — Chaucer
I have not been putting a jape upon you.
The coy giggle of the young lady to whom he has imparted his latest merry jape.