noun
- A vessel (usually cylindrical) with a wide mouth and without handles.
- The quantity contained in a jar.
- usage: "he drank a jar of beer"
- synonyms: jarful
- A sudden jarring impact.
- usage: "the door closed with a jolt"; "all the jars and jolts were smoothed out by the shock absorbers"
verb
- Be incompatible; be or come into conflict.
- usage: "These colors clash"
- Move or cause to move with a sudden jerky motion.
- synonyms: jolt
- Shock physically.
- usage: "Georgia was shaken up in the Tech game"
- synonyms: shake up, bump around
- Affect in a disagreeable way.
- usage: "This play jarred the audience"
- Place in a cylindrical vessel.
- usage: "jar the jam"
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