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The correct spelling is jarring.

How to pronounce jarring

verb

Say it like: Jar-rin-g

The correct spelling is jarring. To preserve (food) in a jar. For example: "He hit it with a hammer, hoping he could jar it loose."

Usage Examples

He hit it with a hammer, hoping he could jar it loose.

I think the accident jarred him, as he hasn’t got back in a car since.

The clashing notes jarred on my ears.

Meanings

verb

  1. 1.To preserve (food) in a jar.
  2. 2.To knock, shake, or strike sharply, especially causing a quivering or vibrating movement.
  3. 3.To harm or injure by such action.
  4. 4.To shock or surprise.
  5. 5.To act in disagreement or opposition, to clash, to be at odds with; to interfere; to dispute, to quarrel.

noun

  1. 1.Storage in jars.
  2. 2.A feeling or movement that jars or jolts.

adjective

  1. 1.That jars (clashes or disagrees); incongruous, conflictful.

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