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jarry

jarry adjective: jarring, reverberating.

Adjective

jarry (comparative more jarry, superlative most jarry)

  1. Jarring, reverberating.
    • But, though the dry comic relief is at least visually amusing—the surreal adventures of Grace’s elderly friend Pinky (Jacki Weaver, excellent and energetic) are the main standout, as she puffs cigars and twirls her tasseled pasties—these moments are only jarring speed bumps on an angsty Autobahn.2024 October 23, Jacob Oller, “Clay weepy Memoir Of A Snail crawls through a gauntlet of misery”, in AV Club

Forms of jarry

comparativemore jarry
superlativemost jarry

Origin of jarry

From jar (“to vibrate, be discordant, disturb, clash”) + -y.

Words that rhyme with jarry

19 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about jarry

What does jarry mean?
Jarry means jarring, reverberating.
What part of speech is jarry?
Jarry is an adjective.

Words near jarry in the dictionary

  1. jarringly
  2. jarringness
  3. jarrings
  4. Jarrod
  5. Jarrow
  6. jarry
  7. Jarryd
  8. jars
  9. Jarsdel
  10. jarsful
  11. jarsome

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