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Jarped vs Carped - What's the difference?

jarped | carped |

As verbs the difference between jarped and carped

is that jarped is past tense of jarp while carped is past tense of carp.

jarped

English

Verb

(head)
  • (jarp)

    • jarp

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To knock one pace-egg against that of an opponent, with the aim of cracking the other’s egg and leaving one's own intact.

    • See also

    * County Durham website dedicated to preservation of dialect terms. * An account of Easter customs * An account of an egg-jarping competition in 2005

    carped

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (carp)

    • Anagrams

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    carp

    English

    (wikipedia carp)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) carpe, from .

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • Any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae'', especially the common carp, ''Cyprinus carpio .
    • See also
    * koi

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To complain about a fault; to harp on.
  • (obsolete) To say; to tell.
  • (obsolete) To find fault with; to censure.
    • (Dryden)
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