jar
Jar is defined as to shock, shake, vibrate or quarrel.
(verb)An example of jar is to jump out from behind a door and surprise someone.
The definition of a jar is a harsh sound, a jolt or a quarrel, or a container made of stone, glass, etc.
(noun)- An example of a jar is a surprise attack.
- An example of a jar is a container for baby food.
See jar in Webster's New World College Dictionary
intransitive verb jarred, jarring
- to make a harsh sound or a discord; grate
- to have a harsh, irritating effect (on one)
- to shake or vibrate from a sudden impact
- to clash, disagree, or quarrel sharply
Origin: ult. echoic
transitive verb
- to make vibrate or shake by sudden impact
- to cause to give a harsh or discordant sound
- to jolt or shock
noun
- a harsh, grating sound; discord
- a vibration due to a sudden impact
- a jolt or shock
- a sharp clash, disagreement, or quarrel
noun
- a container made of glass, stone, earthenware, etc., usually cylindrical, with a large opening and no spout: some jars have handles
- as much as a jar will holdalso jarful
Origin: ME jarre < Fr jarre < OProv or Sp jarra < Ar jarrah, earthen water container
See jar in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- A cylindrical glass or earthenware vessel with a wide mouth and usually no handles.
- The amount that a jar can hold.
- Chiefly British A glass of beer.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English jarre, a liquid measure
Origin: , from Old French (from Provençal jarra)
Origin: and from Medieval Latin jarra
Origin: , both from Arabic jarra, earthen jar
Origin: , from jarra, to draw, pull; see grr in Semitic roots
.Related Forms:
- jarˈfulˌ noun
verb jarred jarred, jar·ring, jars verb, intransitive
- To make or utter a harsh sound.
- To be disturbing or irritating; grate: The incessant talking jarred on my nerves.
- To shake or shiver from impact.
- To clash or conflict: “We ourselves . . . often jar with the landscape” (Isak Dinesen).
- To bump or cause to move or shake from impact.
- To startle or unsettle; shock.
- A jolt; a shock. See Synonyms at collision.
- Harsh or grating sound; discord.
Origin:
Origin: Perhaps of imitative origin
.Related Forms:
- jarˈring·ly adverb
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