jarring
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To knock, shake, or strike sharply, especially causing a quivering or vibrating movement.
โHe hit it with a hammer, hoping he could jar it loose.โ
- 2
To harm or injure by such action.
- 3
To shock or surprise.
โI think the accident jarred him, as he hasnโt got back in a car since.โ
- 4
To act in disagreement or opposition, to clash, to be at odds with; to interfere; to dispute, to quarrel.
- 5
To (cause something to) give forth a rudely tremulous or quivering sound; to (cause something to) sound discordantly or harshly.
โThe clashing notes jarred on my ears.โ
- 6
To quiver or vibrate due to being shaken or struck.
- 7
Of the appearance, form, style, etc., of people and things: to look strangely different; to stand out awkwardly from its surroundings; to be incongruent.
- 1
Storage in jars.
โThe jarring of peaches took place at the end of the season.โ
- 2
A feeling or movement that jars or jolts.
- 1
That jars (clashes or disagrees); incongruous, conflictful.
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