Definition ajar
Etymology 1
From Middle English ajar, on char (“on [the] turn”), from on (“on”) + char (“turn, occasion”), from Old English ċierr, cyrr (“turn”), from Old English ċierran (“to turn, convert”), equivalent to a- + char. Akin to Dutch akerre, kier (“ajar”), German kehren (“to turn”). See char.
Adverb
ajar (not comparable)
- Slightly turned or opened.
Adjective
ajar (comparative more ajar, superlative most ajar)
- Slightly turned or opened.
Verb
ajar (third-person singular simple present ajars, present participle ajarring, simple past and past participle ajarred)
- (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)
- (archaic) Out of harmony.
- 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)
- (rare, perhaps nonstandard) To show variance or contradiction with something; to be or cause to be askew.