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Jarred

Jar \Jar\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Jarred; p. pr. & vb. n. Jarring.] [Cf. OE. charken to creak, AS. cearcian to gnash, F. jars a gander, L. garrire to chatter, prate, OHG. kerran to chatter, croak, G. quarren to grumble, and E. jargon, ajar.]

  1. To give forth a rudely quivering or tremulous sound; to sound harshly or discordantly; as, the notes jarred on my ears.

    When such strings jar, what hope of harmony ?
    --Shak.

    A string may jar in the best master's hand.
    --Roscommon.

  2. To act in opposition or disagreement; to clash; to interfere; to quarrel; to dispute.

    When those renowned noble peers Greece Through stubborn pride among themselves did jar.
    --Spenser.

    For orders and degrees Jar not with liberty, but well consist.
    --Milton.

Wiktionary
jarred
  1. Contained in a jar v

  2. (en-pastjar)

WordNet
jarred

See jar

jar
  1. n. a vessel (usually cylindrical) with a wide mouth and without handles

  2. the quantity contained in a jar; "he drank a jar of beer" [syn: jarful]

  3. a sudden impact; "the door closed with a jolt" [syn: jolt, jounce]

  4. [also: jarring, jarred]

jar
  1. v. be incompatible; be or come into conflict; "These colors clash" [syn: clash, collide]

  2. move or cause to move with a sudden jerky motion [syn: jolt]

  3. shock physically; "Georgia was shaken up in the Tech game" [syn: shake up, bump around]

  4. affect in a disagreeable way; "This play jarred the audience"

  5. place in a cylindrical vessel; "jar the jam"

  6. [also: jarring, jarred]

Usage examples of "jarred".

He awoke then, jarred from his sleep by an unmistakable sense of danger.

A series of explosions jarred the Nubian, and the lights on the control panel flickered weakly.

As he spoke, Jarred felt threads of power shimmer into being, lines of force that quickly wove together in a net around them both.

The fictional Jarred used something just like that to handcuff captives in her books, but there was no such thing in real life.

Celeste gasped, jarred out of her unwilling fascination with the energy doorway.

Fighting to keep its heaving contents, she saw Jarred reel away from her to brace against the nearest wall.

As impossible was it was to believe, she was being manhandled by Jarred Varrain, the dark hero of her dreams.

God-sculpted muscle and long, granite cock, Jarred leaned over her, his feral stare reminding her of that fairy-tale wolf about to sit down to Red Riding Hood tartare.

But the hint of fear Jarred could see in her green gaze was mixed with a generous portion of sensuality, and he knew her sense of being at his mercy only made her hotter.

All the while, Jarred stood between her thighs, lazily stroking his cock as it protruded from the open V of his fly.

As her climax died into a stillborn whimper, Celeste stared at Jarred in open-mouthed shock.

Deliberately Jarred arched his spine, probing the mouth of her cervix hard enough to make her writhe at the blend of pain and pleasure.

Celeste slowly slid a fork-full into her mouth, her tongue flicking out to capture a drop of creamy sauce that slipped from the tines, Jarred felt the heat intensify between his legs.

Evidently Jarred had used his computer implants to order the ship to fill it for him.

The implacable Jarred Varrain, gone too soft to take even minor revenge on the woman who had tortured him for a decade.