jar
verb/dʒɑː(r)/
/dʒɑːr/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they jar | /dʒɑː(r)/ /dʒɑːr/ |
| he / she / it jars | /dʒɑːz/ /dʒɑːrz/ |
| past simple jarred | /dʒɑːd/ /dʒɑːrd/ |
| past participle jarred | /dʒɑːd/ /dʒɑːrd/ |
| -ing form jarring | /ˈdʒɑːrɪŋ/ /ˈdʒɑːrɪŋ/ |
- [transitive, intransitive] to give or receive a sudden sharp painful knock
- jar something The jolt seemed to jar every bone in her body.
- jar (something) (on something) The spade jarred on something metal.
- He jarred his knee in training yesterday.
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- [intransitive, transitive] jar (on something) | jar (something) to have an unpleasant or annoying effect synonym grate
- His constant moaning was beginning to jar on her nerves.
- There was a jarring note of triumph in his voice.
- Her laugh was beginning to jar on me.
- [intransitive] jar (with something) to be different from something in a strange or unpleasant way synonym clash
- Her brown shoes jarred with the rest of the outfit.
- The only jarring note was the cheap modern furniture.
- The dirty old building jarred with the luxury hotels around it.
Word Originverb late 15th cent. (as a noun in the sense ‘disagreement, dispute’): probably imitative.
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