jar

Meanings

• a vessel (usually cylindrical) with a wide mouth and without handles
• the quantity contained in a jar
  • "he drank a jar of beer"
• a sudden jarring impact
  • "all the jars and jolts were smoothed out by the shock absorbers"
• be incompatible; be or come into conflict
• move or cause to move with a sudden jerky motion
• shock physically
• affect in a disagreeable way
  • "This play jarred the audience"
• place in a cylindrical vessel
  • "jar the jam"

Synonyms

bump around, clash, collide, jarful, jolt, jounce, shake up, shock