adj
Meaning 1
Sour; brackish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal
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Standard Lemma guide
yar
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /jɑː/
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General-American: /jɑɹ/
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rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)
adj
Meaning 2
Quick and agile; easy to hand, reef and steer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: especially sailboat
Topics: nautical, transport
Examples
- 1939, The Philadelphia Story written by Philip Barry 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.
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name
Meaning 3
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 4
To snarl; to gnar.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
Meaning 5
To growl, especially like a dog; quarrel; to be captious or troublesome.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, intransitive
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History
Etymology
Uncertain.
From Middle English yar, ȝar, variants of yare, ȝare, from Old English ġearu (“ready”), from Proto-West Germanic *garu, from Proto-Germanic *garwaz.
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”).