JAR (software)
WordNet

noun


(1)   A vessel (usually cylindrical) with a wide mouth and without handles
(2)   A sudden impact
"The door closed with a jolt"
(3)   The quantity contained in a jar
"He drank a jar of beer"

verb


(4)   Affect in a disagreeable way
"This play jarred the audience"
(5)   Move or cause to move with a sudden jerky motion
(6)   Shock physically
"Georgia was shaken up in the Tech game"
(7)   Be incompatible; be or come into conflict
"These colors clash"
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Etymology 1


From jarre, from (jarrah) ‘earthern receptacle’.

Noun



  1. A small, approximately cylindrical container for food, normally made of glass or clay.

Verb



  1. To knock or strike sharply.
    He hit it with a hammer, hoping he could jar it loose.
  2. to shock or surprise.
    I think the accident jarred him, as he hasn't gotten back in a car since.
  3. To be so different that it looks strange and doesn't fit in with the surroundings; to be incongruent.

Noun



  1. spring
  2. swelter, intense heat (and figuratively)
    Je l' čudo kad puk pozvjeri, i bojim se da će koga toga zaboljeti glava, ako se blagoćom tinjajući jar ne prigasi.
    Stoji maćeha, okamenila se od čuda, ali kad nestalo starca, uhvati je jar i bijes.
    Ja bih se mogao užgati kao puščani prah, da, da, užgati, od jara, bijesa, ogorčenja!


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Etymology


, whence also Old English ġēar, Old Norse ár
 
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