jarring

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɑːrɪŋ]

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• (General American) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɑːrɪŋ]

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

English jar

Proto-Indo-European *-onts

Proto-Germanic *-ndz

Proto-West Germanic *-andī

Old English -ende

Middle English -ynge

English -ing

English jarring

From jar (“to clash, conflict, disturb”) + -ing.

Adjective

jarring (comparative more jarring, superlative most jarring)

1. That jars (clashes or disagrees); incongruous, conflictful.
   • 1700, [John] Dryden, “Palamon and Arcite”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:

     The rings of iron that on the doors were hung / Sent out a jarring sound

   • 1953 February, H. A. Vallance, “To Brighton through the Shoreham Gap”, in Railway Magazine, page 82:

     The large cement works nearby are served by sidings, and strike a sudden jarring industrial note in the midst of the rural downland scene.

   • 2018 July 16, Ben Cotton, “The oldest, active Linux distro, Slackware, turns 25”, in Opensource.com‎^[1]:

     Slackware does not include a graphical installer. Its package manager does not perform any dependency resolution. This can be jarring for new users, particularly within the last few years, but it also enables a deeper understanding of the system.

   • 2019, Stormzy, Vossi Bop:

     I could probably take your chick
     But I just wouldn't 'cause she's jarrin'

Derived terms

• bonejarring
• jarringly
• jarringness
• unjarring

Translations

That jars (clashes or disagrees) — see also discordant,‎ disconcerting,‎ irritating

• Bulgarian: дразнещ (bg) (draznešt)
• French: discordant (fr), déroutant (fr)
• German: misstönend (de), schräg (de), schief (de)
• Italian: stridente (it)
• Māori: maioro (of sound)
• Polish: prowokujący, rażący (pl), szokujący (pl), zaskakujący (pl), gryzący się, kłócący się
• Russian: раздражающий (ru) (razdražajuščij)
• Spanish: chocante
• Swedish: skärande (sv)

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

English jar

Proto-Germanic *-ungō

Old English -ung

Middle English -ynge

English -ing

English jarring

From jar + -ing.

Noun

jarring (plural jarrings)

1. Storage in jars.

   The jarring of peaches took place at the end of the season.

2. A feeling or movement that jars or jolts.
   • 1945 January and February, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—III”, in Railway Magazine, page 13:

     The striker's job was onerous, too, because there was so little "give" in the metal, and the perpetual jarring was indeed trying to the muscles.

Translations

storage in jars

• Italian: imbottigliamento (it) m, inscatolamento m
• Polish: wekowanie (pl) n
• Spanish: embotellamiento (es) m

feeling or movement that jars or jolts

• Esperanto: frapiĝo
• Polish: szarpnięcie (pl) n
• Spanish: sacudida (es) f

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

jarring

1. present participle and gerund of jar