yar

Meanings

Verb

• To snarl; to gnar.
• To growl, especially like a dog; quarrel; to be captious or troublesome.

Adjective

• Sour; brackish.
• Quick and agile; easy to hand, reef and steer.

Related

Similar words

• yare

Origin

• 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, Middle High German girren ("to roar, cry, rattle, chatter").
• Origin uncertain.
• From Middle English yar, ȝar, variants of yare, ȝare, from Old English ġearu ("ready"), from Proto-West Germanic *garu, from Proto-Germanic *garwaz.