dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/jar_MW.json
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{
"Jaredite":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": one of a group of people that according to Mormon belief settled America after the general dispersal accompanying the confusion of tongues at Babel \u2014 compare nephite":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Jared , the eponymous ancestor of the Jaredites according to the Book of Mormon (Ether 1:31 ff) + English -ite":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ja(a)r\u0259\u02ccd\u012bt"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-120144",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"jar":{
"antonyms":[
"bump",
"collision",
"concussion",
"crash",
"impact",
"impingement",
"jolt",
"jounce",
"kick",
"shock",
"slam",
"smash",
"strike",
"wallop"
],
"definitions":{
": a harsh grating sound":[],
": a state or manifestation of discord or conflict":[],
": a sudden or unexpected shake":[
"jars and jolts"
],
": a widemouthed container made typically of earthenware or glass":[
"a pottery jar",
"a cookie jar"
],
": an unpleasant break or conflict in rhythm, flow, or transition":[
"works persistently, swiftly, without jar",
"\u2014 Sinclair Lewis"
],
": an unsettling shock":[
"gave her nerves a jar"
],
": as much as a jar will hold":[
"ate an entire jar of pickles"
],
": the position of being ajar":[
"\u2014 usually used in the phrase on the jar"
],
": to affect disagreeably : unsettle":[
"The violent opposition jarred his resolve."
],
": to cause to jar: such as":[],
": to have a harshly disagreeable or disconcerting effect":[
"The noise jarred on her nerves.",
"a jarring experience"
],
": to make a harsh or discordant sound":[
"winced as the iron gate jarred against the sidewalk"
],
": to make unstable or loose : shake":[
"jar the ball free"
],
": to undergo severe vibration":[]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"The loss jarred his confidence in the team.",
"The earthquake jarred the tiles loose.",
"The tiles jarred loose in the earthquake."
],
"first_known_use":{
"1526, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1b":"Verb",
"1537, in the meaning defined at sense 2a":"Noun",
"1592, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1674, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle French jarre , from Old Occitan jarra , from Arabic jarra earthen water vessel":"Noun",
"alteration of earlier char turn, from Middle English \u2014 more at chare":"Noun",
"probably of imitative origin":"Verb and Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8j\u00e4r"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"altercate",
"argue",
"argufy",
"bicker",
"brabble",
"brawl",
"controvert",
"dispute",
"fall out",
"fight",
"hassle",
"quarrel",
"quibble",
"row",
"scrap",
"spat",
"squabble",
"tiff",
"wrangle"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-184223",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"jarfly":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": cicada":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"jar entry 2 + fly ; from the harsh whirring noise it produces":""
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-053413",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"jargon":{
"antonyms":[
"cheep",
"chirp",
"chirrup",
"chitter",
"peep",
"pip",
"pipe",
"tweet",
"twitter"
],
"definitions":{
": a hybrid language or dialect simplified in vocabulary and grammar and used for communication between peoples of different speech":[],
": a strange, outlandish, or barbarous language or dialect":[],
": confused unintelligible language":[],
": jargonize":[],
": obscure and often pretentious language marked by circumlocutions and long words":[
"an academic essay filled with jargon"
],
": the technical terminology or characteristic idiom of a special activity or group":[
"sports jargon"
],
": twitter , warble":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"medical jargon that the layman cannot understand",
"an academic essay filled with jargon",
"Verb",
"the birds who began jargoning to greet the dawn",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"In the vast and jargon -filled world of running shoes, Broe says a few factors can usually lead you toward the best pairs. \u2014 Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR , 23 June 2022",
"It was roundly rejected for its ideological and anti-Semitic content expressed in an unprofessional jargon . \u2014 WSJ , 8 May 2022",
"My hope is to pull people in without typical business jargon . \u2014 Nancy Marshall, Forbes , 10 June 2022",
"Made by Patek Philippe for banker Henry Graves Jr. in 1933, the pocket watch included 24 complications \u2014 industry jargon for functions \u2014 and was for decades touted as the most complex timepiece ever made. \u2014 Daniel Miller Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 9 Dec. 2021",
"Matt started to talk in his serious voice: low, soft, and with some medical jargon . \u2014 Myra Sack, BostonGlobe.com , 8 June 2022",
"At the moment, the Web3 space is partially muddled by previous crypto scams, technical jargon and the fact that the technology itself is sometimes hard to fully wrap your head around. \u2014 Patrik Slettman, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
"Immigration officials provided him with documents heavy with legal jargon in English. \u2014 Cindy Carcamostaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 25 May 2022",
"The crew was ready to wrap, and Paul Feig still had to reshoot a scene from earlier in the day where his character\u2019s lines were filled with medical jargon . \u2014 Tom\u00e1s Mier, Rolling Stone , 22 Jan. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"That\u2019s like the same thing that happened in 2008 when everybody was bedazzled by all these Wall Street jargon terms like collateralized debt obligations. \u2014 Recode Staff, Recode , 13 June 2018",
"That\u2019s like the same thing that happened in 2008 when everybody was bedazzled by all these Wall Street jargon terms like collateralized debt obligations. \u2014 Recode Staff, Recode , 13 June 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3a":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Anglo-French jargun, gargon":"Noun and Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u02ccg\u00e4n",
"\u02c8j\u00e4r-g\u0259n, -\u02ccg\u00e4n",
"\u02c8j\u00e4r-g\u0259n"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"argot",
"cant",
"dialect",
"jive",
"language",
"lingo",
"patois",
"patter",
"shop",
"shoptalk",
"slang",
"terminology",
"vocabulary"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-005046",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"jargon aphasia":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the fluent use of words that bear no relation to the meaning intended":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-112855",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"jarring":{
"antonyms":[
"unsurprising"
],
"definitions":{
": having a harshly concussive, disagreeable, or discordant effect":[
"a jarring tackle",
"It is not hard to imagine how the wounded will fare in a long jarring ride over rough roads \u2026",
"\u2014 William Baxter",
"After watching the British reports, I found the American ones jarring .",
"\u2014 Michael Massing",
"There is not a single jarring note from the minute you enter this turn-of-the-century palazzo, lovingly restored to its glory days \u2026",
"\u2014 Kati Marton"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1552, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8j\u00e4r-i\u014b"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"amazing",
"astonishing",
"astounding",
"blindsiding",
"dumbfounding",
"dumfounding",
"eye-opening",
"flabbergasting",
"jaw-dropping",
"jolting",
"shocking",
"startling",
"stunning",
"stupefying",
"surprising"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-100100",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"jarabe":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": any of several provincial Mexican couple dances (as the hat dance) that have the zapateado as their basic step":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"h\u0259\u02c8r\u00e4(\u02cc)b\u0101"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"American Spanish, from Spanish, syrup, from Arabic shar\u0101b":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-021724"
},
"Jarabulus":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"town in northern Syria on the Euphrates River near the border with Turkey":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"ja-\u02c8r\u00e4-bu\u0307-\u02cclu\u0307s"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-120906"
},
"jaragua":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a tall forage grass ( Hyparrhenia rufa ) native to Brazil but now used elsewhere for hay and forage":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6zhar\u0259\u00a6gw\u00e4"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Portuguese jaragu\u00e1 , from Tupi":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-133839"
},
"jarana":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a large Central American manbarklak ( Eschweilera jarana ) with hard heavy durable wood used chiefly for heavy construction":[],
": the salmon pink to reddish brown variegated wood of the jarana":[],
": a couple dance of Yucatan that is performed with waltz and zapateado steps":[],
": a stringed instrument of Mexico resembling a ukulele":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"h\u0259\u02c8r\u00e4n\u0259",
"\""
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"American Spanish":"Noun",
"American Spanish, from Spanish, fun, merrymaking, trick, deceit, alteration of harana, arana trick, deceit":"Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-200919"
}
}