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jar 1  (jär)
n.
1. A cylindrical glass or earthenware vessel with a wide mouth and usually no handles.
2. The amount that a jar can hold.
3. Chiefly British A glass of beer.
tr.v. jarred, jar·ring, jars
To put into a jar.

[Middle English jarre, a liquid measure, from Old French (from Provençal jarra) and from Medieval Latin jarra, both from Arabic jarra, earthen jar, from jarra, to draw, pull; see grr in Semitic roots.]

jarful n.

jar 2  (jär)
v. jarred, jar·ring, jars
v.intr.
1. To make or utter a harsh sound.
2. To be disturbing or irritating; grate: The incessant talking jarred on my nerves.
3. To shake or shiver from impact.
4. To clash or conflict: "We ourselves . . . often jar with the landscape" (Isak Dinesen).
v.tr.
1. To bump or cause to move or shake from impact.
2. To startle or unsettle; shock.
n.
1. A jolt; a shock. See Synonyms at collision.
2. Harsh or grating sound; discord.

[Perhaps of imitative origin.]

jarring·ly adv.
Translations
jarred, jarring jar


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But if her conduct and appearance had already somewhat jarred upon their limited and precise sense of the fitness of things, what were they to think of the next little act in this tableau vivant?
Rushmore Coglan banged the table and I was jarred into silence.
The voices of Edna's disbanding guests jarred like a discordant note upon the quiet harmony of the night.
 
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