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Definition ajar

Etymology 1

From Middle English ajar, on char (“on [the] turn”), from on (“on”) + char (“turn, occasion”), from Old English ?ierr, cyrr (“turn”), from Old English ?ierran (“to turn, convert”), equivalent to a- +‎ char. Akin to Dutch akerre, kier (“ajar”), German kehren (“to turn”). See char.

Adverb

ajar (not comparable)

1. Slightly turned or opened.

Adjective

ajar (comparative more ajar, superlative most ajar)

1. Slightly turned or opened.

Verb

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

1. (rare, perhaps nonstandard) To turn or open slightly; to become ajar or to cause to become ajar; to be or to hang ajar.

Etymology 2

a- (“in, at”) +‎ jar (“discord, disagreement”)

Adverb

ajar (not comparable)

1. (archaic) Out of harmony.
2. Being at variance or in contradiction to something.

Verb

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

1. (rare, perhaps nonstandard) To show variance or contradiction with something; to be or cause to be askew.

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