yar

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English ȝaren, ȝurren, ȝeorren, from Old English ġeorran, ġirran, gyrran (“to sound, chatter, grunt, creak, grate”), from Proto-Germanic *gerraną (“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”).

Alternative forms

• yarr

Verb

yar (third-person singular simple present yars, present participle yarring, simple past and past participle yarred)

1. (intransitive) To snarl; gnar.
2. (intransitive, chiefly Scotland) To growl, especially like a dog; quarrel; be captious or troublesome.

Etymology 2

Origin uncertain.

Alternative forms

• yare

Adjective

yar (comparative more yar, superlative most yar)

1. (UK dialectal) Sour; brackish.

Derived terms

• yarrish

Etymology 3

From Old English gearu (“ready”), from Proto-Germanic *garwaz.

Adjective

yar (comparative yarer, superlative yarest)

1. (nautical, of a vessel, especially sailboat) Quick and agile; easy to hand, reef and steer.

   1940 My, she was yar...It means, uh...easy to handle, quick to the helm, fast, right. Everything a boat should be, until she develops dry rot. - The Philadelphia Story written by Philip Barry

   • 1958, Bulletin of the John Rylands Library

     ...to make a ship best weighed, or yarest in her going.

   1993 Arr, here be a fine vessel the yarest river-going boat there be. - Captain McAllister The Simpsons ep. 1F06

Synonyms

• yare

Anagrams

• ayr, Ayr
• ray, Ray, ra'y, γ-ray

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Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *jaro- (compare Welsh iâr).

Noun

yar f

1. hen

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Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *jaro- (compare Welsh iâr).

Noun

yar f (plural yer)

1. chicken, hen

Derived terms

• kig yar
• krow yer
• mabyar
• yar Gyni
• yerji

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Turkish

Etymology

From Old Turkic, from Proto-Turkic.

Noun

yar

1. cliff

Synonyms

• uçurum