ajarring

Verb (1)

ajar (third-person singular simple present ajars, present participle ajarring, simple past and past participle ajarred)

1. (intransitive, rare, transitive, perhaps nonstandard) To turn or open slightly; to become ajar or to cause to become ajar; to be or to hang ajar.
   • A plainclothes detective knocked on a slightly ajarred door.1970, John H. Evans, Mercer County law journal, volume 10

Verb (2)

ajar (third-person singular simple present ajars, present participle ajarring, simple past and past participle ajarred)

1. (intransitive, rare, perhaps nonstandard) To show variance or contradiction with something; to be or cause to be askew.
   • It clean deafened the two of us, and set all the crockery ware ajarring; and when the neighbours heard it they came running into the street to see who was getting hurt.1907, The English Illustrated Magazine, volume 36

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