jar // jars, jarring, jarred
1 A jar is a glass container with a lid that is used for storing food.
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2 You can use jar to refer to a jar and its contents, or to the contents
only.
...a jar of peanut butter.
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3 If something jars on you, you find it unpleasant or annoying.
The harsh, metallic sound jarred on her.
He had a way of speaking that jarred.
VB
· jarring
...a jarring office block.
ADJ
4 If something jars you, it gives you an unpleasant shock.
He was evidently jarred by my appearance.
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· jarring
...a jarring experience. ADJ
5 If things jar or are jarred, they strike against each other with
quite a lot of force.
The house shook and his bones were jarred.
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· jar
Knocks and jars can cause weakness in the spine.
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