jarring

C2
Noun
2 definition(s)
1 Definition

Storage in jars.

Example Sentences
  • The jarring of peaches took place at the end of the season.
2 Definition

A feeling or movement that jars or jolts.

Verb
8 definition(s)
1 Definition

To preserve (food) in a jar.

Synonyms
bottle
2 Definition

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

Example Sentences
  • He hit it with a hammer, hoping he could jar it loose.
3 Definition

To harm or injure by such action.

4 Definition

To shock or surprise.

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

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

6 Definition

To (cause something to) give forth a rudely tremulous or quivering sound; to (cause something to) sound discordantly or harshly.

Example Sentences
  • The clashing notes jarred on my ears.
7 Definition

To quiver or vibrate due to being shaken or struck.

8 Definition

Of the appearance, form, style, etc., of people and things: to look strangely different; to stand out awkwardly from its surroundings; to be incongruent.

Adjective
1 definition(s)
1 Definition

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