Definition of jar

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Jar (n.) Clash of interest or opinions; collision; discord; debate; slight disagreement.

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Pound :: Pound (v. i.) To make a jarring noise, as in running; as, the engine pounds..
Jarring :: jarring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ja.
Cant :: Cant (v. i.) To use pretentious language, barbarous jargon, or technical terms; to talk with an affectation of learning..
Jarble :: Jarble (v. t.) To wet; to bemire.
Inharmonious :: Inharmonious (a.) Conflicting; jarring; not in harmony.
Jarnut :: Jarnut (n.) An earthnut.
Jarrah :: Jarrah (n.) The mahoganylike wood of the Australian Eucalyptus marginata. See Eucalyptus.
Knock :: Knock (n.) A blow; a stroke with something hard or heavy; a jar.
Backlash :: Backlash (n.) The distance through which one part of connected machinery, as a wheel, piston, or screw, can be moved without moving the connected parts, resulting from looseness in fitting or from wear; also, the jarring or reflex motion caused in badly fitting machinery by irregularities in velocity or a reverse of motion..
Mouth :: Mouth (n.) The opening of a vessel by which it is filled or emptied, charged or discharged; as, the mouth of a jar or pitcher; the mouth of the lacteal vessels, etc..
Sarcode :: Sarcode (n.) A name applied by Dujardin in 1835 to the gelatinous material forming the bodies of the lowest animals; protoplasm.
Abracadabra :: Abracadabra (n.) A mystical word or collocation of letters written as in the figure. Worn on an amulet it was supposed to ward off fever. At present the word is used chiefly in jest to denote something without meaning; jargon.
Jargon :: Jargon (n.) A variety of zircon. See Zircon.
Discordant :: Discordant (n.) Dissonant; not in harmony or musical concord; harsh; jarring; as, discordant notes or sounds..
Liquid :: Liquid (a.) Pronounced without any jar or harshness; smooth; as, l and r are liquid letters..
Jarosite :: Jarosite (n.) An ocher-yellow mineral occurring on minute rhombohedral crystals. It is a hydrous sulphate of iron and potash.
Jarring :: Jarring (a.) Shaking; disturbing; discordant.
Ruffle :: Ruffle (v. i.) To be rough; to jar; to be in contention; hence, to put on airs; to swagger..
Jargoning :: Jargoning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Jargo.
Jug :: "Jug (v. t.) To seethe or stew, as in a jug or jar placed in boiling water; as, to jug a hare..
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