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Meaning of jarring

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

jarring

verb

Definitions

  1. To preserve (food) in a jar.

    Synonyms:bottle

verb

Definitions

  1. To knock, shake, or strike sharply, especially causing a quivering or vibrating movement.

    Example: He hit it with a hammer, hoping he could jar it loose.

  2. To harm or injure by such action.

  3. To shock or surprise.

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

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

noun

Definitions

  1. Storage in jars.

    Example: The jarring of peaches took place at the end of the season.

  2. A feeling or movement that jars or jolts.

adjective

Definitions

  1. That jars (clashes or disagrees); incongruous, conflictful.