Gar Definition

gär
gars
noun
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Any of an order (Semionotiformes) of North American freshwater bony fishes having an elongated body covered with ganoid scales, a long beaklike snout, and many sharp teeth.
Webster's New World
A needlefish.
American Heritage
Webster's New World

(obsolete) Spear.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
verb
To cause or compel.
American Heritage

(now chiefly UK dialectal) To make, cause (someone to do something); to cause (something to be done). [14th-19th c.]

Wiktionary
abbreviation
Grand Army of the Republic: a fraternal order of Union veterans of the Civil War.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Gar

Noun

Singular:
gar
Plural:
gars

Origin of Gar

  • From Middle English gar, gare, gere, gore, from Old English gār (“spear, dart, javelin, shaft, arrow, weapon, arms”), from Proto-Germanic *gaizaz (“spear, pike, javelin”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰayso- (“pointed stick, spear”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰey- (“to drive, move, fling”). Cognate with West Frisian gear, Dutch geer (“pointed weapon, spear”), German Ger (“spear”), Norwegian geir (“spear”), Icelandic geir (“spear”). Related to gore.

    From Wiktionary

  • From Middle English garren, gerren, from Old Norse gera, gerva (Swedish göra, Danish gøre), from Proto-Germanic *garwijaną. Compare yare.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English geren from Old Norse gera to make

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Short for garfish..

    From Wiktionary

  • Short for garfish

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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