Meaning

noun a vessel (usually cylindrical) with a wide mouth and without handles

verb be incompatible; be or come into conflict

verb move or cause to move with a sudden jerky motion

originFrom earlier jar, jur, jarre, jurre, of uncertain origin. Possibly from earlier *char, *chur, *charre, *churre (now spelt chirr, churr (“to make a sound”); compare also nightjar and its variant nightchurr), from Middle English *chirren, *cherren, *churren (“to sound, cry, murmur, complain”), from Old English ċeorian (“to murmur, gripe, complain with just cause”), from Proto-West Germanic *karēn…

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