shock+jar

  • 21jar — I noun a jar of honey Syn: (glass) container, pot, crock, receptacle, cookie jar, mason jar, ginger jar II verb 1) each step jarred my whole body Syn: jolt, jerk, shake, shock, concuss …

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  • 22shock — I 1. noun 1) the news came as a shock Syn: blow, upset, disturbance; surprise, revelation, a bolt from the blue, thunderbolt, bombshell, rude awakening, eye opener; informal whammy, wake up call 2) you gave me a shock Syn …

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  • 23jar — jar1 jarless, adj. /jahr/, n. 1. a broad mouthed container, usually cylindrical and of glass or earthenware: a cookie jar. 2. the quantity such a container can or does hold. [1585 95; < MF jarre < OPr jarra < Ar jarrah earthen water vessel] jar2 …

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  • 24jar — 1. n. 1 a a container of glass, earthenware, plastic, etc., usu. cylindrical. b the contents of this. 2 Brit. colloq. a glass of beer. Derivatives: jarful n. (pl. fuls). Etymology: F jarre f. Arab. jarra 2. v. & n. v. (jarred, jarring) 1 intr.&#8230; …

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  • 25shock — A sudden agitation of the physical or mental sensibilities. A sudden depression of the vital forces of the entire body, or a part of it, marking some profound impression produced upon the nervous system, as by severe injury, a surgical operation …

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  • 26jar — [dʒɑː] noun [C] I a glass container for food, with a lid and a wide opening a jar of marmalade[/ex] II verb jar [dʒɑː] 1) [I/T] to accidentally push something hard against something else, in a way that causes pain or damage The shock of the fall&#8230; …

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  • 27jar — 1. noun /dʒɑr,dʒaː(ɹ),dʒɑː(ɹ),dʒɑɹ/ a) A small, approximately cylindrical container for food, normally made of glass or clay. He maketh warre, he maketh peace againe, / And yet his peace is but continuall iarre [...]. b) Java archive To redresse&#8230; …

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  • 28jar — Synonyms and related words: Babel, Discordia, Eris, agitate, agitation, agree to disagree, bag, barrel, basket, be at cross purposes, be at variance, belch, blare, blat, bob, bobble, bottle, bounce, bowl down, bowl over, box, box up, bray, break …

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  • 29jar — jar1 noun 1》 a wide mouthed cylindrical container made of glass or pottery. 2》 Brit. informal a glass of beer. Origin C16: from Fr. jarre, from Arab. jarra. jar2 verb (jars, jarring, jarred) 1》 send a painful or uncomfortable shock through (a&#8230; …

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  • 30jar — I. /dʒa / (say jah) noun 1. a broad mouthed earthen or glass vessel, commonly cylindrical in form. 2. the quantity contained in it. 3. Colloquial a glass of beer. {French jarre, from Provençal jarro, or Spanish jarra, from Arabic jarrah earthen&#8230; …