Definition of "jar" in Anglais

noun

1. (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.

2. A small, approximately cylindrical container, normally made of clay or glass, for holding fruit, preserves, etc., or for ornamental purposes.

3. A container and its contents; as much as fills such a container; a jarful.

4. (British, Ireland, colloquial) A pint glass

5. (British, Ireland, colloquial, metonymic) A glass of beer or cider, served by the pint.

verb

1. (transitive) To preserve (food) in a jar.

noun

1. (countable) A clashing or discordant set of sounds, particularly with a quivering or vibrating quality.

2. (countable, also figuratively) A quivering or vibrating movement or sensation resulting from something being shaken or struck.

3. (countable, by extension) A sense of alarm or dismay.

4. (countable) The effect of something contradictory or discordant; a clash.

5. (countable, now rare) A disagreement, a dispute, a quarrel; (uncountable) contention, discord; quarrelling.

verb

1. (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.

2. (transitive) To harm or injure by such action.

3. (transitive, figuratively) To shock or surprise.

   • I think the accident jarred him, as he hasn’t got back in a car since.

4. (transitive, figuratively) To act in disagreement or opposition, to clash, to be at odds with; to interfere; to dispute, to quarrel.

5. (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.

6. (intransitive) To quiver or vibrate due to being shaken or struck.

7. (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.