noun.
A rattling sound; a harsh sound; a discord.
noun.
A clashing of interest or opinions; collision; discord; debate; conflict: as, family jars.
noun.
A short tremulous motion or vibration, as from an impulse; a sudden shaking or quiver: as, to feel the jar of an earthquake, or from blasting.
noun.
A clicking or ticking vibration, as of a pendulum; a tick.
noun.
plural A sliding joint in the boring-rods used in rope-drilling.
To produce a brief rattling or tremulous sound; be discordant in sound.
To grate on the ear or the feelings; have a jangling or discordant quality; clash.
To receive a short, rattling, tremulous motion, as from an impulse; shake joltingly.
To sound or tick in vibrating, as a pendulum; hence, to be marked off by regular vibrations or ticks.
To speak or talk clatteringly or discordantly; haggle; dispute; quarrel.
To make discordant.
To impart a short, tremulous motion to; cause to shake or tremble; disturb.
To make rough; roughen.
noun.
An earthen or glass vessel of simple form, without handle or spout.
noun.
The quantity contained in a jar; the contents of a jar.
To drill by impact or percussion; use an impact drill or drill-jar upon.
To shock or surprise (one) with some sudden or extraordinary remark, statement, or fact.
noun.
A turn: used separately only in the occasional colloquial phrases on a jar, on the jar, usually ajar, on the turn; turned a little way, as a door or gate.
noun.
A tool, used in drilling wells in rock, consisting of two long and flat links capable of sliding the one within the other, in order that the drill-bit may be loosened on the up stroke in case it has become jammed in the lock.