(Britain, Ireland, colloquial, metonymically) A glass of beer or cider, served by the pint.
(countable) A clashing or discordant set of sounds, particularly with a quivering or vibrating quality.
(countable) The effect of something contradictory or discordant; a clash.
(countable, also figuratively) A quivering or vibrating movement or sensation resulting from something being shaken or struck.
(countable, by extension) A sense of alarm or dismay.
(countable, now rare) A disagreement, a dispute, a quarrel; (uncountable) contention, discord; quarrelling.
(originally) An earthenware container, either with two or no handles, for holding oil, water, wine, etc., or used for burial.
A jar and its contents; as much as fills such a container; a jarful.
A small, approximately cylindrical container, normally made of clay or glass, for holding fruit, preserves, etc., or for ornamental purposes.
verb
(intransitive) To quiver or vibrate due to being shaken or struck.
(intransitive, figuratively) Of the appearance, form, style, etc., of people and things: to look strangely different; to stand out awkwardly from its surroundings; to be incongruent.
(transitive) To harm or injure by such action.
(transitive) To knock, shake, or strike sharply, especially causing a quivering or vibrating movement.
(transitive) To preserve (food) in a jar.
(transitive, figuratively) To act in disagreement or opposition, to clash, to be at odds with; to interfere; to dispute, to quarrel.
(transitive, figuratively) To shock or surprise.
(transitive, intransitive) To (cause something to) give forth a rudely tremulous or quivering sound; to (cause something to) sound discordantly or harshly.
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noun
(linguistics) Ultra-short or reduced vowel in Proto- and Late Common Slavonic (or Slavic), then represented as ъ (back jer [ŭ]) or ь (front jer [ĭ]).