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yar.

To snarl; to gnar.

3 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/jɑː/Received-Pronunciation/jɑɹ/General-American
  1. To snarl; to gnar.

    intransitive
  2. To growl, especially like a dog; quarrel; to be captious or troublesome.

    Scotland · intransitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English ȝaren, ȝurren, ȝeorren, from Old English ġeorran, ġirran, gyrran (“to sound, chatter, grunt, creak, grate”), from Proto-West Germanic *gerran (“to creak”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- (“to make a noise, rattle, gurgle, grumble”). Cognate with Scots yarr, yirr (“to snarl, growl, quarrel, cause trouble”), Middle High German girren (“to roar, cry, rattle, chatter”).

adj/jɑː/Received-Pronunciation/jɑɹ/General-American
  1. Sour; brackish.

    UK · dialectal
Where this word comes from

Uncertain.

adj/jɑː/Received-Pronunciation/jɑɹ/General-American
  1. Quick and agile; easy to hand, reef and steer.

Where this word comes from

From Middle English yar, ȝar, variants of yare, ȝare, from Old English ġearu (“ready”), from Proto-West Germanic *garu, from Proto-Germanic *garwaz.

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