yar
/jɑː/US/jɑɹ/
yar verb: to snarl; to gnar.
Verb
yar (third-person singular simple present yars, present participle yarring, simple past and past participle yarred)
Adjective (1)
yar (comparative more yar, superlative most yar)
Adjective (2)
yar (comparative yarer, superlative yarest)
- Quick and agile; easy to hand, reef and steer.
- The wynd was good, the Schip was yare.1390, J. Gower, Confessio Amantis, II. 237
- 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.1939, The Philadelphia Story written by Philip Barry
- Synonyms:
- yare
Proper noun capitalized: Yar
Yar
- Two rivers on the Isle of Wight, England, the Eastern Yar which reaches the sea at Bembridge, and the Western Yar at Yarmouth on the Solent. Both rivers are called the River Yar on Ordnance Survey Maps.
- At Merstone, The line to Sandown branches to the left, descends the ½ mile at 1 in 70 of Redway bank, and runs along the valley of the little River Yar (not to be confused with the River Yar in the western part of the island), through low-lying pleasing countryside, covered in spring and summer...1946 July and August, K. Westcott Jones, “Isle of Wight Central Railway—2”, in Railway Magazine, page 244
Examples of yar in a sentence
- ...to make a ship best weighed, or yarest in her going.1958, Bulletin of the John Rylands Library:
- Arr, here be a fine vessel: the yarest river-going boat there be.1993 Captain McAllister, The Simpsons ep. 1F06
Synonyms of yar
Forms of yar
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | yars |
| present participle | yarring |
| past participle | yarred |
| past | yarred |
| alternative form | yarr |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more yar |
| superlative | most yar |
| comparative | yarer |
| superlative | yarest |
| alternative form | yare |
Origin of yar
From Middle English ȝaren, ȝurren, ȝeorren, from Old English ġeorran, ġirran, gyrran (“to sound, chatter, grunt, creak, grate”), from Proto-West Germanic *gerran (“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”).
Uncertain.
From Middle English yar, ȝar, variants of yare, ȝare, from Old English ġearu (“ready”), from Proto-West Germanic *garu, from Proto-Germanic *garwaz.
Words formed from yar
Phrases with yar
Words that rhyme with yar
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- water bar
- char
- tar
- var
- AAR
- bazaar
- caviar
- lodestar
- Mullingar
- Myanmar
- scar
- ajar
- arr
- barre
- boudoir
- cigar
- cymar
- czar
- disbar
- gar
- guitar
- haar
- instar
- lar
- Loire
- noir
- NPR
- omar
- schwar
- their
- tl;dr
- tsar
- TTR
- upbar
- USSR
- -dar
- AGR
- alcazar
- armoire
- au revoir
- bahar
- baignoire
- Bashar
- beaux-arts
- beer bar
- Berger Picard
- Bihar
- bête noire
Questions about yar
- What does yar mean?
- Yar means to snarl; to gnar.
- How do you use yar in a sentence?
- ...to make a ship best weighed, or yarest in her going.
- What part of speech is yar?
- Yar can be a verb, an adjective or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce yar?
- Yar is pronounced /jɑː/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of yar?
- The past tense of yar is yarred.
Words near yar in the dictionary
Source and license
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