jarp

English

Verb

jarp (third-person singular simple present jarps, present participle jarping, simple past and past participle jarped)

1. 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