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jar

UK/d͡ʒɑː/ US/d͡ʒɑː(ɹ)/ fairly common uk
noun (3) verb (5)

noun

1.

a vessel (usually cylindrical) with a wide mouth and without handles

2.

the quantity contained in a jar

  • “he drank a jar of beer”
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3.

a sudden impact

  • “the door closed with a jolt”
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verb

1.

be incompatible; be or come into conflict

  • “These colors clash”
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2.

move or cause to move with a sudden jerky motion

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3.

shock physically

  • “Georgia was shaken up in the Tech game”
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4.

affect in a disagreeable way

  • “This play jarred the audience”
5.

place in a cylindrical vessel

  • “jar the jam”

Origin

From earlier jar, jur, jarre, jurre, of uncertain origin. Possibly from earlier *char, *chur, *charre, *churre (now spelt chirr, churr (“to make a sound”); compare also nightjar and its variant nightchurr), from Middle English *chirren, *cherren, *churren (“to sound, cry, murmur, complain”), from Old English ċeorian (“to murmur, gripe, complain with just cause”), from Proto-West Germanic *karēn (“to complain”). For the change of ch to j, compare also charm, jarm (“chirping”); achar, ajar (“slightly turned or open”), chaw, jaw, etc. The noun is derived from the verb.

Phrases

  • bean jar
  • bell jar
  • body jar
  • canopic jar
  • caught in the cookie jar
  • caught raiding the cookie jar
  • caught with one's fingers in the cookie jar
  • caught with the cookie jar

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