jark

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English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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jark (plural jarks)

  1. A seal (stamp or impression of a stamp).
    • 1818, Walter Scott, chapter XXIX, in The Heart of Midlothian (The Waverley Novels)‎[1], volume 2, page 92:
      "This is a jark from Jim Ratcliffe," said the taller, having looked at the bit of paper.
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Verb

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jark (third-person singular simple present jarks, present participle jarking, simple past and past participle jarked)

  1. (slang, military, British) To modify (weaponry) to disadvantage; especially, to attach a tracking device to and covertly monitor the location of (a weapon).
    • 1996, Andy McNab, Immediate Action[2], page 365:
      At the end of the day, it was inevitable that the IRA would discover that its weapons were being jarked.
    • 2001, Peter Taylor, Brits:the War Against the IRA[3], page 255:
      'Anna' and 'Mary' were involved in operations that drew on a variety of intelligence data: ‘jarking’; information from agents; [] One of the weapons, perhaps the Armalite, had been ‘jarked’ by the ‘Det’ and tracked for some time.
    • 2010, Christopher C. Harmon, Andrew N. Pratt, Sebastian Gorka, Toward a Grand Strategy Against Terrorism[4], page 197:
      An especially creative method was known as “jarking,” which involved “the placing of tiny tracking devices on weapons in arms caches so their movements can be followed.”8
    • 2010, Ed Moloney, Voices from the Grave: Two Men's War in Ireland[5], page 282:
      The homes and safe houses he provided were bugged; the weapons hidden in empty houses were ‘jarked’ so the security forces could keep track of them, and the vehicles used to ferry weapons put under close surveillance.
Usage notes
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(track weaponry): Both word and practice became common during the Ulster Troubles (1968-1998).

Etymology 2

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From jerk.

Verb

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jark (third-person singular simple present jarks, present participle jarking, simple past and past participle jarked)

  1. Pronunciation spelling of jerk.
    • 1996, William Gilmore Simms, Mary Ann Wimsatt, “Bald-Head Bill Bauldy”, in Tales of the South[6], page 323:
      First, I felt a kick in my side, and ribs; then I felt myself pulled and jarked about, by the arms and shoulders; and, when I opened my eyes and straightened myself out, to see what alligator hed got hold of me now, what should I see but a squad of four or five of our own Rigiment, all pulling at me at onst!

References

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Cypriot Arabic

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Root
j-r-y
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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Arabic جَرْي (jary). Doublet of jirk.

Noun

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jark m

  1. verbal noun of jiri: running

References

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  • Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 185

Lower Sorbian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *jьkrà.

Noun

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jark m inan

  1. Alternative form of jerk (roe)

Further reading

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  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “jark”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008

Ngandi

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Noun

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jark

  1. water

Descendants

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  • Dhuwal: gutjark (with the Ngandi noun class prefix gu-)

References

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  • Colette G. Craig, Noun Classes and Categorization (1986, →ISBN, page 389

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Old Norse jarki.

Noun

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jark m (definite singular jarken, indefinite plural jarkar, definite plural jarkane)

  1. edge of the sole of the foot