gar
noun
any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
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[gahr]
/ gɑr /
noun
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gar,
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gars
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Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
gar
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[gahr]
/ gɑr /
verb (used with object)
garred,
garring
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Scot. to compel or force (someone) to do something.
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Scot. and North England Obsolete. to do, perform, or cause.
gar.
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abbreviation
G.A.R.
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abbreviation
gar
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British
/ ɡɑː /
noun
gar
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/ ɡɑːr /
verb
Other Word Forms
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Etymology
Origin of gar1
1755–65, shortened form of garfish
Origin of gar2
1250–1300; Middle English geren, garren, gairen < Old Norse gera to do, make; akin to Old English gearwian to prepare
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Inside the coprolite, scientists identified several feathers, tiny scales from a gar fish, and leg bones belonging to a hesperornithiform bird.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
The lubricating proteins were abundant in the fish’s jaws and in the fins of zebra fish, gar, and sticklebacks, the scientists reported.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 25, 2024
A 27-inch, 11-pound gar was caught in an eastern Chinese city after a boy was bitten, according to a television network in Jiangsu province.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 25, 2022
He also said voters had responded positively to his party's plans to cut VAT using the proceeds from a windfall tax on the profits of oil and gar companies.
From BBC ● May 6, 2022
There were eels, gar, carp, river carpsuckers, gizzard shad, and buffalo.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
"Hola, mon gar.," said Aylward, seating himself upon a boulder by his side.
From The White Company by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
"It is like enough, mon gar., as things go."
From The White Company by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
About 250 arts professionals attended the symposium, presented in the G.A.R.
From Chicago Tribune ● Jun. 8, 2011
One statesman remarked that the G.A.R., having saved the country, now wanted it.
From Time Magazine Archive
Do the achievements in its public life of members of the American Legion justify General Harbord's belief that the Legion is following in the footsteps of the G.A.R.?
From Time Magazine Archive
Hanging in the wreckage of his plane off Plymouth Beach in 1912, he saw help coming: two old codgers in G.A.R. uniforms in a rowboat.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was on Decoration Day, in a G.A.R. uniform, in the middle of the parade.
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
Prehistoric-looking fish called gars, which have the slowest rate of molecular evolution of all jawed vertebrates, are the most striking examples.
From Science Magazine ● Mar. 8, 2024
“Economically, of course, it’s not worth it. Are we going to drain every lake when we spot gars there?” he said.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 25, 2022
I always loved the huge alligator snapping turtle, watch your hands, but the huge gars, alligator gars and catfish are gone forever.
From New York Times ● Mar. 26, 2018
The gars, a family of fish with long bodies, extended jaws, sharp teeth, and hard scales, has been on the planet for at least 100 million years.
From The Verge ● Dec. 20, 2015
Some of the beg gars look too young to have even taken the Trial.
From "Legend" by Marie Lu
An' oot at the door he gaed, halin't to ahent him wi' a bang that garred the very sweetie bottles rattle.
From My Man Sandy by J. B. Salmond
It would be aboot ane o'clock or thereaboot when Sandy gae me a daud wi' his elba that garred me a' jump.
From My Man Sandy by J. B. Salmond
"What garred ye lock the press last nicht, ye deevil?" returned the librarian, paying no attention to Alec's expression of surprise.
From Alec Forbes of Howglen by George MacDonald
Mrs. Wully Johnstone was quite overcome, and Auntie Jinit declared it jist garred her greet to look at the bairn, she did it jist too well.
From 'Lizbeth of the Dale by Mary Esther Miller MacGregor
He made a sweech wi' the bissam shaft 'at garred the licht o' the can'le waggle frae side to side.
From My Man Sandy by J. B. Salmond
The deil's in you, Monkbarns, for garring odds and evens meet.
From The Antiquary — Volume 02 by Sir Walter Scott
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