To produce a brief rattling or tremulous sound; be discordant in sound.To grate on the ear or the feelings; have a jangling or discordant quality; clash.To receive a short, rattling, tremulous motion, as from an impulse; shake joltingly.To sound or tick in vibrating, as a pendulum; hence, to be marked off by regular vibrations or ticks.To speak or talk clatteringly or discordantly; haggle; dispute; quarrel.To make discordant.To impart a short, tremulous motion to; cause to shake or tremble; disturb.To make rough; roughen.n. A rattling sound; a harsh sound; a discord.n. A clashing of interest or opinions; collision; discord; debate; conflict: as, family jars.n. A short tremulous motion or vibration, as from an impulse; a sudden shaking or quiver: as, to feel the jar of an earthquake, or from blasting.n. A clicking or ticking vibration, as of a pendulum; a tick.n. plural A sliding joint in the boring-rods used in rope-drilling.n. A turn: used separately only in the occasional colloquial phrases on a jar, on the jar, usually ajar, on the turn; turned a little way, as a door or gate.n. An earthen or glass vessel of simple form, without handle or spout.n. The quantity contained in a jar; the contents of a jar.To drill by impact or percussion; use an impact drill or drill-jar upon.To shock or surprise (one) with some sudden or extraordinary remark, statement, or fact.n. A tool, used in drilling wells in rock, consisting of two long and flat links capable of sliding the one within the other, in order that the drill-bit may be loosened on the up stroke in case it has become jammed in the lock.