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jar

 
/dʒɑr/ v [T] (-rr-) (SHAKE)

Definition

to give a sudden shake to someone or something: He kind of jars people when he tackles them. If a noise jars you, it shocks you: The train’s rumbling jarred them out of their sleep.
(Definition of jar v (SHAKE) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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