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jar

2
[jahr]
verb (used without object), jarred, jar·ring.
  1. to have a harshly unpleasant or perturbing effect on one's nerves, feelings, thoughts, etc.: The sound of the alarm jarred.
  2. to produce a harsh, grating sound; sound discordantly.
  3. to vibrate audibly; rattle: The window jarred in the frame.
  4. to vibrate or shake.
  5. to conflict, clash, or disagree.
verb (used with object), jarred, jar·ring.
  1. to cause to rattle or shake.
  2. to have a sudden and unpleasant effect upon (the feelings, nerves, etc.): The burglary violently jarred their sense of security.
  3. to cause to sound harshly or discordantly.
noun
  1. a jolt or shake; a vibrating movement, as from concussion.
  2. a sudden unpleasant effect upon the mind or feelings; shock.
  3. a harsh, grating sound.
  4. a discordant sound or combination of sounds.
  5. a quarrel or disagreement, especially a minor one.

Origin of jar

2
1520–30; probably imitative; cf. chirr
Related formsjar·ring·ly, adverbun·jarred, adjectiveun·jar·ring, adjective
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Examples from the Web for jarringly

Contemporary Examples of jarringly

Historical Examples of jarringly

  • Still they played, jarringly, for that was their untutored wont.

    Meadow Grass

    Alice Brown

  • His voice, high-pitched and jarringly loud for the occasion, suddenly broke off.

    Mother

    Maksim Gorky

  • But at Orange their sparkle vanished, and they were jarringly out of place.

  • A press on the release pedal, the top flew up—too jarringly, if you did not keep hold of the bar with one hand.

    Working With the Working Woman

    Cornelia Stratton Parker

  • The drill sergeant rapped out a jarringly emphatic accent against a tree with her staff.

British Dictionary definitions for jarringly

jar

1
noun
  1. a wide-mouthed container that is usually cylindrical, made of glass or earthenware, and without handles
  2. Also: jarful the contents or quantity contained in a jar
  3. British informal a glass of alcoholic drink, esp beerto have a jar with someone
  4. obsolete a measure of electrical capacitance

Word Origin for jar

C16: from Old French jarre, from Old Provençal jarra, from Arabic jarrah large earthen vessel

jar

2
verb jars, jarring or jarred
  1. to vibrate or cause to vibrate
  2. to make or cause to make a harsh discordant sound
  3. (often foll by on) to have a disturbing or painful effect (on the nerves, mind, etc)
  4. (intr) to disagree; clash
noun
  1. a jolt or shock
  2. a harsh discordant sound
Derived Formsjarring, adjectivejarringly, adverb

Word Origin for jar

C16: probably of imitative origin; compare Old English cearran to creak

jar

3
noun
  1. on a jar or on the jar (of a door) slightly open; ajar

Word Origin for jar

C17 (in the sense: turn): from earlier char, from Old English cierran to turn; see ajar 1
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Word Origin and History for jarringly

jar

v.

1520s, "to make a harsh, grating sound," usually said to be echoic or imitative, but no one explains how, or of what. Figurative sense of "have an unpleasant effect on" is from 1530s; that of "cause to vibrate or shake" is from 1560s. Related: Jarred; jarring.

jar

n.

"cylindrical vessel," early 15c., possibly from Middle French jarre "liquid measure" (smaller than a barrel), 12c., from Provençal jarra, from Arabic jarrah "earthen water vessel" (whence also Spanish jarra, Italian giarra) [Klein].

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