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jarp.

The act of knocking one's pace egg (“a coloured hard-boiled egg traditionally made at Easter”) against that of an opponent, with the aim of cracking the other's egg and leaving one's own intact, an Easter custom in many countries.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/d͡ʒɑːp/Received-Pronunciation/d͡ʒɑɹp/General-American
  1. The act of knocking one's pace egg (“a coloured hard-boiled egg traditionally made at Easter”) against that of an opponent, with the aim of cracking the other's egg and leaving one's own intact, an Easter custom in many countries.

    Cumbria · Ireland · Yorkshire
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Scots jaup (“(noun) dash or splash of mud, water, etc.; broken piece, fragment; light blow, slap; (verb) of water: to dash; to splash; to cause a splash by striking the surface of or throwing water; to bespatter or splash (mud, water, etc.); (obsolete) to knock about, manhandle”), perhaps from jalp, jilp (“to spill, splash, squirt”), probably originally imitative of a splash.

verb/d͡ʒɑːp/Received-Pronunciation/d͡ʒɑɹp/General-American
  1. To knock (a pace egg) against that of an opponent, with the aim of cracking the other's egg and leaving one's own intact.

    Cumbria · Ireland · Yorkshire · transitive
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Scots jaup (“(noun) dash or splash of mud, water, etc.; broken piece, fragment; light blow, slap; (verb) of water: to dash; to splash; to cause a splash by striking the surface of or throwing water; to bespatter or splash (mud, water, etc.); (obsolete) to knock about, manhandle”), perhaps from jalp, jilp (“to spill, splash, squirt”), probably originally imitative of a splash.

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