Yar Definition

yär
adjective

Yare.

Webster's New World

(UK dialectal) Sour; brackish.

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(nautical, of a vessel, especially sailboat) Quick and agile; easy to hand, reef and steer.

1940 My, she was yar...It means, uh...easy to handle, quick to the helm, fast, right. Everything a boat should be, until she develops dry rot. - The Philadelphia Story written by Philip Barry.
1993 Arr, here be a fine vessel: the yarest river-going boat there be. - Captain McAllister The Simpsons ep. 1F06
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verb

(intransitive) To snarl; gnar.

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(intransitive, chiefly Scotland) To growl, especially like a dog; quarrel; be captious or troublesome.

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Origin of Yar

  • From Middle English ȝaren, ȝurren, ȝeorren, from Old English Ä¡eorran, Ä¡irran, gyrran (“to sound, chatter, grunt, creak, grate"), from Proto-Germanic *gerranÄ… (“to creak"), from Proto-Indo-European *gÊ°er- (“to make a noise, rattle, gurgle, grumble"). Cognate with Scots yarr, yirr (“to snarl, growl, quarrel, cause trouble"), Middle High German girren (“to roar, cry, rattle, chatter").

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  • From Old English gearu (“ready"), from Proto-Germanic *garwaz.

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  • Origin uncertain.

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Yar Sentence Examples

  • His marriage with Mal Khatun, the daughter of the learned sheikh Edbali, has been surrounded by poetical legend; he married his son Orkhan to the beautiful Greek Nilofer, daughter of the lord of Yar Hissar, whom he carried off from her destined bridegroom on her marriage-day; the fruits of this union were Suleiman Pasha and Murad.

  • The administration of the whole of the states on the right bank of the Oxus, down to the Russian boundary line at Ichka Yar, is now in the hands of Bokhara, including Karateghin - which the Russians have transferred to it from Khokand - and Darwaz at the entrance to the Pamir highlands.

  • Andrew Goddard's oil paintings are of the tidal mud flats of the river Yar in the Isle of Wight.

  • Herat remained thus till Kamran's death (1842), and after that was held by his able and wicked minister Yar Mahommed.

  • Tasha Yar - Chief Security Officer for the Enterprise 1701-D, Yar died in the line of duty, although an alternate timeline sent her back in time where she was captured by Romulans and gave birth to a daughter.

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Words Starting With

YYAYAR

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RARYAR

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