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jarful
jar 1 J0019500 (jär)n.1. A cylindrical glass or earthenware vessel with a wide mouth and usually no handles.2. The amount that a jar can hold.3. Chiefly British A glass of beer.tr.v. jarred, jar·ring, jars To put into a jar.
[Middle English jarre, a liquid measure, from Old French (from Provençal jarra) and from Medieval Latin jarra, both from Arabic jarra, earthen jar, from jarra, to draw, pull; see grr in Semitic roots.]
jar′ful′ n.
jar 2 J0019500 (jär)v. jarred, jar·ring, jars v.intr.1. a. To cause shaking or vibrations: The ride over the old road was jarring.b. To shake or vibrate from an impact or impacts: "The gallery jarred with a quick, heavy tramp" (Robert Louis Stevenson).2. To be disturbing or irritating; grate: The incessant talking jarred on my nerves.3. To be out of harmony; clash or conflict: The curtains jar with the rest of the room.v.tr.1. To cause to shake or vibrate from impact: The ride on the donkey jarred my bones.2. To startle or unsettle; shock: The alarm jarred him out of sleep.n. A jolt; a shock.
[Perhaps of imitative origin.]
jar′ring·ly adv.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | jarful - the quantity contained in a jar; "he drank a jar of beer"jarcontainerful - the quantity that a container will hold |
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