jar

Noun

• a sudden jarring impact
  • the door closed with a jolt
    
  • all the jars and jolts were smoothed out by the shock absorbers
    

• the quantity contained in a jar
  • he drank a jar of beer
    

• a vessel (usually cylindrical) with a wide mouth and without handles

Verb

• place in a cylindrical vessel
  • jar the jam
    

• affect in a disagreeable way
  • This play jarred the audience
    

• shock physically
  • Georgia was shaken up in the Tech game
    

• move or cause to move with a sudden jerky motion

• be incompatible; be or come into conflict
  • These colors clash
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  jolt , jounce , shock , jarful , shake up , bump around , clash , collide