A jape is a silly trick that you play on someone which is quite funny and which does not really involve upsetting them. = prank. a trick or joke (jape (14-20 centuries), from japer )
a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter; "he told a very funny joke"; "he knows a million gags"; "thanks for the laugh"; "he laughed unpleasantly at hisown jest"; "even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point"