Definition of "jar" in Englisch

noun

(originally) An earthenware container, either with two or no handles, for holding oil, water, wine, etc., or used for burial.
- She refilled the jar with peanuts today evening.
A small, approximately cylindrical container, normally made of clay or glass, for holding fruit, preserves, etc., or for ornamental purposes.
A container and its contents; as much as fills such a container; a jarful.
(British, Ireland, colloquial) A pint glass
(British, Ireland, colloquial, metonymic) A glass of beer or cider, served by the pint.

verb

noun

(countable) A clashing or discordant set of sounds, particularly with a quivering or vibrating quality.
(countable, also figuratively) A quivering or vibrating movement or sensation resulting from something being shaken or struck.
(countable, by extension) A sense of alarm or dismay.
(countable) The effect of something contradictory or discordant; a clash.
(countable, now rare) A disagreement, a dispute, a quarrel; (uncountable) contention, discord; quarrelling.

verb

(transitive) To knock, shake, or strike sharply, especially causing a quivering or vibrating movement.
- He hit it with a hammer, hoping he could jar it loose.
(transitive) To harm or injure by such action.
(transitive, figuratively) To shock or surprise.
- I think the accident jarred him, as he hasn’t got back in a car since.
(transitive, figuratively) To act in disagreement or opposition, to clash, to be at odds with; to interfere; to dispute, to quarrel.
(ambitransitive) To (cause something to) give forth a rudely tremulous or quivering sound; to (cause something to) sound discordantly or harshly.
- The clashing notes jarred on my ears.
(intransitive) To quiver or vibrate due to being shaken or struck.
(intransitive, figuratively) Of the appearance, form, style, etc., of people and things: to look strangely different; to stand out awkwardly from its surroundings; to be incongruent.