Jar
Pronunciation
- enPR: jär, IPA: /dʒɑr/
- AU IPA: dÊ’aË(ɹ)
- UK IPA: dÊ’É‘Ë(ɹ)
- US IPA: dʒɑɹ, dʒɑ˞
- Rhymes: -É‘Ë(ɹ)
Origin 1
From French jarre, from Arabic جره (jarrah, "earthern receptacle").
Full definition of jar
Noun
jar
(plural jars)- A small, approximately cylindrical container, normally made of glass or clay, for holding fruit, preserves, etc., or for ornamental purposes.
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Origin 2
Unknown; perhaps imitative.
Verb
- (transitive) To knock or strike sharply.He hit it with a hammer, hoping he could jar it loose.
- (transitive) To shock or surprise.I think the accident jarred him, as he hasn't gotten back in a car since.
- (of the form, style, appearance, etc. of people and things) To look strangely different; to stand out awkwardly from its surroundings; to be incongruent.
- To give forth a rudely quivering or tremulous sound; to sound harshly or discordantly.The notes jarred on my ears.
- Shakespeare:When such strings jar, what hope of harmony?
- Roscommon:A string may jar in the best master's hand.
- To act in opposition or disagreement; to clash; to interfere; to quarrel; to dispute.
- Spenser:When those renowned noble peers Greece
Through stubborn pride among themselves did jar. - Milton:For orders and degrees
Jar not with liberty, but well consist.
Noun
jar
(plural jars)- A shake.
- A sense of alarm or dismay.
- (now rare) Discord, contention; quarrelling.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.ii:He maketh warre, he maketh peace againe,
And yet his peace is but continuall iarre .... - 1612, John Smith, Proceedings, in Kupperman 1988, page 122:To redresse those jarres and ill proceedings, the Councell in England altered the governement and devolved the authoritie to the Lord De-la-ware.
Synonyms
- (knock sharply) jolt