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jar

noun
/dʒɑː/UK/d͡ʒɑɹ/US/dʒɐː/

Etymology

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.

  1. derived from جَرَّة
  2. derived from jarra
  3. derived from jare
  4. derived from jarre
  5. derived from jarra
  6. inherited from jarre

Definitions

  1. An earthenware container, either with two or no handles, for holding oil, water, wine,…

    An earthenware container, either with two or no handles, for holding oil, water, wine, etc., or used for burial.

    • She refilled the jar with peanuts today evening.

  2. A small, approximately cylindrical container, normally made of clay or glass, for holding…

    A small, approximately cylindrical container, normally made of clay or glass, for holding fruit, preserves, etc., or for ornamental purposes.

    • The Leyden jar is charged, like the condenser of Œpinus and the fulminating square, by making one of the armatures communicate with the earth and the other with the electric source.

  3. A container and its contents

    A container and its contents; as much as fills such a container; a jarful.

    • Who do you think you are? / Runnin' 'round leaving scars / Collecting your jar of hearts / And tearing love apart
  4. ›+ 16 more definitions

    1. A pint glass

    2. A glass of beer or cider, served by the pint.

      • About a shopping trolley, I thought I'd let ye know. Ya'd try to push it straight but it never seems ta go. Ya'd wobble through the car park, hopping off the cars. Anyone would think ya had a few auld jars.

    3. To preserve (food) in a jar.

      • It's important to consider the safety of jarring food. Eating food that has been spoiled because it wasn't jarred properly correctly can result in the disease botulism.

    4. A clashing or discordant set of sounds, particularly with a quivering or vibrating…

      A clashing or discordant set of sounds, particularly with a quivering or vibrating quality.

    5. A quivering or vibrating movement or sensation resulting from something being shaken or…

      A quivering or vibrating movement or sensation resulting from something being shaken or struck.

      • [...] yet (good-deed) Leontes, I loue thee not a Iarre o'th' Clock, behind What Lady she her Lord. You'le stay?
      • The next instant the automobile had come with a catastrophic jar against an iron object.

    6. A sense of alarm or dismay.

    7. The effect of something contradictory or discordant

      The effect of something contradictory or discordant; a clash.

      • Besides the jar of contrast there came to her a chill self-reproach that she had not returned sooner, to help her mother in these domesticities, instead of indulging herself out-of-doors.

    8. A disagreement, a dispute, a quarrel

      A disagreement, a dispute, a quarrel; (uncountable) contention, discord; quarrelling.

      • So loue does raine / In ſtouteſt minds, and maketh monſtrous warre; / He maketh warre, he maketh peace againe, / And yett his peace is but continuall iarre: / O miſerable men, that to him ſubject arre.
      • I haue beene wooed, as I intreat thee now, / Euen by the ſterne, and direfull God of warre, / VVhoſe ſinowie necke in battel nere did bow, / VVho conquers where he comes in euery iarre; […]

    9. To knock, shake, or strike sharply, especially causing a quivering or vibrating movement.

      • He hit it with a hammer, hoping he could jar it loose.

    10. To harm or injure by such action.

    11. To shock or surprise.

      • I think the accident jarred him, as he hasn’t got back in a car since.

    12. To act in disagreement or opposition, to clash, to be at odds with

      To act in disagreement or opposition, to clash, to be at odds with; to interfere; to dispute, to quarrel.

      • VVhen thoſe renoumed^([sic – meaning renowned]) noble Peres of Greece, / thrugh ſtubborn pride amongſt theſelues did iar / forgetfull of the famous golden fleece, / then Orpheus vvith his harp theyr ſtrife did bar.
      • For Orders and Degrees / Jarr not with liberty, but well conſiſt.

    13. To (cause something to) give forth a rudely tremulous or quivering sound

      To (cause something to) give forth a rudely tremulous or quivering sound; to (cause something to) sound discordantly or harshly.

      • The clashing notes jarred on my ears.
      • How irkſome is this Muſick to my heart? / When ſuch Strings iarre, what hope of Harmony?

    14. To quiver or vibrate due to being shaken or struck.

    15. Of the appearance, form, style, etc., of people and things

      Of the appearance, form, style, etc., of people and things: to look strangely different; to stand out awkwardly from its surroundings; to be incongruent.

    16. Initialism of Java archive.

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Derived

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, cookie-jar accounting, cookie-jar reserve, cupping jar, cupping-jar, cuss jar, evejar, fingers in the cookie jar, first olive out of the jar, fruit jar, gas jar, hand in the cookie jar, honesty jar, honor jar, honour jar, jamjar, jar-dropping, jarful, jarhead, jarless, jarlic, jarlike, jar mill, jar opener, jar-owl, job jar, killing jar, Kilner jar, Kleistian jar, Leiden jar, Leyden jar, Mason jar, monkey jar · +14 more

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA