"yar" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /jɑɹ/ [General-American], /jɑː/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-yar.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more yar [comparative], most yar [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ) Etymology: Uncertain. Etymology templates: {{unc|en}} Uncertain Head templates: {{en-adj}} yar (comparative more yar, superlative most yar)
  1. (UK dialectal) Sour; brackish. Tags: UK, dialectal Derived forms: yarrish
    Sense id: en-yar-en-adj-hNjQ1mHD Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Adjective

IPA: /jɑɹ/ [General-American], /jɑː/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-yar.wav [Southern-England] Forms: yarer [comparative], yarest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English yar, ȝar, variants of yare, ȝare, from Old English ġearu (“ready”), from Proto-West Germanic *garu, from Proto-Germanic *garwaz. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|yar}} Middle English yar, {{m|enm|ȝar}} ȝar, {{m|enm|yare}} yare, {{m|enm|ȝare}} ȝare, {{inh|en|ang|ġearu||ready}} Old English ġearu (“ready”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*garu}} Proto-West Germanic *garu, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*garwaz}} Proto-Germanic *garwaz Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} yar (comparative yarer, superlative yarest)
  1. (nautical, of a vessel, especially sailboat) Quick and agile; easy to hand, reef and steer. Tags: of a vessel Categories (topical): Nautical Synonyms: yare
    Sense id: en-yar-en-adj-8k0XeIZt Topics: nautical, transport
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Verb

IPA: /jɑɹ/ [General-American], /jɑː/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-yar.wav [Southern-England] Forms: yars [present, singular, third-person], yarring [participle, present], yarred [participle, past], yarred [past]
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English ȝaren, ȝurren, ȝeorren, from Old English ġeorran, ġirran, gyrran (“to sound, chatter, grunt, creak, grate”), from Proto-Germanic *gerraną (“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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|ȝaren, ȝurren, ȝeorren}} Middle English ȝaren, ȝurren, ȝeorren, {{inh|en|ang|ġeorran, ġirran, gyrran||to sound, chatter, grunt, creak, grate}} Old English ġeorran, ġirran, gyrran (“to sound, chatter, grunt, creak, grate”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*gerraną||to creak}} Proto-Germanic *gerraną (“to creak”), {{inh|en|ine-pro|*gʰer-||to make a noise, rattle, gurgle, grumble}} Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- (“to make a noise, rattle, gurgle, grumble”), {{cog|sco|yarr}} Scots yarr, {{m|sco|yirr||to snarl, growl, quarrel, cause trouble}} yirr (“to snarl, growl, quarrel, cause trouble”), {{cog|gmh|girren||to roar, cry, rattle, chatter}} Middle High German girren (“to roar, cry, rattle, chatter”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} yar (third-person singular simple present yars, present participle yarring, simple past and past participle yarred)
  1. (intransitive) To snarl; to gnar. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-yar-en-verb-dYVr1iaL
  2. (intransitive, chiefly Scotland) To growl, especially like a dog; quarrel; to be captious or troublesome. Tags: Scotland, intransitive
    Sense id: en-yar-en-verb-RHOP0JtV Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 89 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 29 28 3 40
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: yarr
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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          "troublesome",
          "troublesome"
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        "(intransitive, chiefly Scotland) To growl, especially like a dog; quarrel; to be captious or troublesome."
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      "ipa": "/jɑː/",
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
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      "word": "yarr"
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}

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        "English dialectal terms"
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        "Sour; brackish."
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
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    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Old English",
    "English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
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      "args": {
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "en:Nautical"
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        {
          "ref": "1390, J. Gower, Confessio Amantis, II. 237",
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        },
        {
          "text": "1939, The Philadelphia Story written by Philip Barry\nMy, 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."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1958, Bulletin of the John Rylands Library",
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        },
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        "transport"
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      "tags": [
        "General-American"
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      "ipa": "/jɑː/",
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
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      "rhymes": "-ɑː(ɹ)"
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      "word": "yare"
    }
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