SkyfireDict

jar   (TTS Sound)

The noun jar has 3 senses

• jar -- (a vessel (usually cylindrical) with a wide mouth and without handles)


• jar, jarful -- (the quantity contained in a jar; "he drank a jar of beer")


• jolt, jar, jounce, shock -- (a sudden jarring impact; "the door closed with a jolt"; "all the jars and jolts were smoothed out by the shock absorbers")

The verb jar has 5 senses

• clash, jar, collide -- (be incompatible; be or come into conflict; "These colors clash")


• jolt, jar -- (move or cause to move with a sudden jerky motion)


• jar, shake up, bump around -- (shock physically; "Georgia was shaken up in the Tech game")


• jar -- (affect in a disagreeable way; "This play jarred the audience")


• jar -- (place in a cylindrical vessel; "jar the jam")