jar

Noun

jar (plural jars)

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

   Synonyms: cruse, pot

Noun

jar (plural jars)

1. A shake.
2. A sense of alarm or dismay.
3. (now rare) Discord, contention; quarrelling.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, London: William Ponsonbie, 1596, Book 2, Canto 2, p. 212,

     He maketh warre, he maketh peace againe,

     And yet his peace is but continuall iarre [...].

   • 1593, William Shakespeare, Venus and Adonis,

     I have been woo’d, as I entreat thee now,

     Even by the stern and direful god of war,

     Whose sinewy neck in battle ne’er did bow,

     Who conquers where he comes in every jar;

   • 1612, John Smith, The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles, London: Michael Sparkes, Book 3, Chapter 12, p. 89,

     To redresse those jarres and ill proceedings, the Councell and Company of Virginia, not finding that returne, and profit they expected; and them ingaged there, not having meanes to subsist of themselues, made meanes to his Maiestie, to call in their Commission […]

   • 1718, Daniel Defoe, A Vindication of the Press, London: T. Warner, p. 7,

     But of late the populace of France are not so perfectly enclouded with Superstition, and if a young Author can pretend to Divine, I think it is easy to foresee that the papal Power will in a very short space be considerably lessen’d if not in a great measure disregarded in that Kingdom, by the intestine Jarrs and Discords of their Parties for Religion, and the Desultory Judgments of the most considerable Prelates.

Verb

jar (third-person singular simple present jars, present participle jarring, simple past and past participle jarred)

1. (transitive) To knock or strike sharply.

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

2. (transitive) To shock or surprise.

   I think the accident jarred him, as he hasn't gotten back in a car since.

3. (of the form, style, appearance, etc. of people and things) To look strangely different; to stand out awkwardly from its surroundings; to be incongruent.
4. To give forth a rudely quivering or tremulous sound; to sound harshly or discordantly.

   The notes jarred on my ears.

   • Shakespeare:

     When such strings jar, what hope of harmony?

   • Roscommon:

     A string may jar in the best master's hand.

5. To act in opposition or disagreement; to clash; to interfere; to quarrel; to dispute; to be at odds with.
   • Spenser:

     When those renowned noble peers Greece / Through stubborn pride among themselves did jar.

   • Milton:

     For orders and degrees / Jar not with liberty, but well consist.

Translations

Descendants

• Dutch: jaar

Declension

References

1. Köbler, Gerhard, Altfriesisches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014

Descendants

• German: Jahr
• Mòcheno: jor
• Yiddish: יאָר‎ (yor)

Declension

Declension

Synonyms

• (intense heat): arșiță, dogoare, căldură mare

Derived terms

• jariște

See also

• cărbune
• foc

Declension

Derived terms

• jarný