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jarring en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• [d͡ʒɑːrɪŋ] (General-American)
• [d͡ʒɑːrɪŋ] (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree English jar Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ynge English -ing English jarring From jar (“to clash, conflict, disturb”) + -ing.

Meanings

1. That jars (clashes or disagrees); incongruous, conflictful.
   • Slackware does not include a graphical installer. Its package manager does not perform any dependency resolution. This can be jarring for new users, particularly within the last few years, but it also enables a deeper understanding of the system. 2018 July 16, Ben Cotton, “The oldest, active Linux distro, Slackware, turns 25”, in Opensource.com:
   • The large cement works nearby are served by sidings, and strike a sudden jarring industrial note in the midst of the rural downland scene. 1953 February, H. A. Vallance, “To Brighton through the Shoreham Gap”, in Railway Magazine, page 82:
   • I could probably take your chick But I just wouldn't 'cause she's jarrin' 2019, Stormzy, Vossi Bop:
   • The rings of iron that on the doors were hung / Sent out a jarring sound 1700, [John] Dryden, “Palamon and Arcite”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:

Forms

Deriveds

unjarring · jarringly · jarringness · bonejarring

Translations (17)

fr discordant (That jars (clashes or disagrees)) · pl prowokujący (That jars (clashes or disagrees)) · fr déroutant (That jars (clashes or disagrees)) · it stridente (That jars (clashes or disagrees)) · pl rażący (That jars (clashes or disagrees)) · pl szokujący (That jars (clashes or disagrees)) · pl zaskakujący (That jars (clashes or disagrees)) · bg дразнещ (That jars (clashes or disagrees)) · sv skärande (That jars (clashes or disagrees)) · ru раздражающий (That jars (clashes or disagrees)) · es chocante (That jars (clashes or disagrees)) · mi maioro (That jars (clashes or disagrees)) · de misstönend (That jars (clashes or disagrees)) · pl gryzący się (That jars (clashes or disagrees)) · pl kłócący się (That jars (clashes or disagrees)) · de schief (That jars (clashes or disagrees)) · de schräg (That jars (clashes or disagrees))

jarring en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• [d͡ʒɑːrɪŋ] (General-American)
• [d͡ʒɑːrɪŋ] (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree English jar Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Middle English -ynge English -ing English jarring From jar + -ing.

Meanings

1. Storage in jars.
   • The jarring of peaches took place at the end of the season.
2. A feeling or movement that jars or jolts.
   • The striker's job was onerous, too, because there was so little "give" in the metal, and the perpetual jarring was indeed trying to the muscles. 1945 January and February, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—III”, in Railway Magazine, page 13:

Forms

Translations (7)

pl szarpnięcie (feeling or movement that jars or jolts) · pl wekowanie (storage in jars) · es sacudida (feeling or movement that jars or jolts) · it imbottigliamento (storage in jars) · eo frapiĝo (feeling or movement that jars or jolts) · it inscatolamento (storage in jars) · es embotellamiento (storage in jars)

jarring en · VERB · etymology 3

Pronunciation

• [d͡ʒɑːrɪŋ] (General-American)
• [d͡ʒɑːrɪŋ] (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Meanings

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of jar
   form of jar