Jarped vs Japed - What's the difference?
jarped | japed |
(jarp)
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.
(jape)
A joke or quip.
* , "The Pardoner's Tale" in The Canterbury Tales :
* 1920 , , The Geste of Duke Jocelyn , Fytte 9:
To jest; play tricks; joke.
* 1886 , , "To Sir John Manndeville" in Letters to Dead Authors :
To mock; deride; gibe; trick; befool.
As verbs the difference between jarped and japed
is that jarped is (jarp) while japed is (jape).jarped
English
Verb
(head)jarp
English
Verb
(en verb)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
japed
English
Verb
(head)jape
English
Noun
(en noun)- "Thou bel ami, thou Pardoner," he said,
- "Tell us some mirth of japes right anon."
- [H]e clapped hand to thigh, and laughed and laughed until the air rang again.
- "Oho, a jape'—a ' jape indeed!" he roared.
Synonyms
* SeeDerived terms
* (l)Verb
(jap)- Now the Lond of Egypt longeth to the Soudan, yet the Soudan longeth not to the Lond of Egypt. And when I say this, I do jape with words, and may hap ye understond me not.