gar
see also: GAR
Pronunciation Noun
GAR
Proper noun
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see also: GAR
Pronunciation Noun
gar (plural gars)
- (obsolete) A spear.
gar (plural gars)
- (especially, US, Canada) Any of several North American fish of the family Lepisosteidae that have long, narrow jaws.
- (especially, UK, Ireland) A garfish, Belone belone.
- German: Knochenhecht
- Russian: сарга́н
gar (gars, present participle garring; past gart, past participle gart)
- (now chiefly UK dialectal) To make, compel (someone to do something); to cause (something to be done). [14th-19th c.]
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XX:
- I shall firste begyn at Sandwyche, and there I shall go in my shearte, barefoote, and at every ten myles ende I shall founde and gar make an house of religious, of what order that ye woll assygne me [...].
- 1885, Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Night 15:
- Time gars me tremble. Ah, how sore the baulk! / While Time in pride of strength cloth ever stalk [...].
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XX:
GAR
Proper noun
- (US) Initialism of Grand Army of the Republic
gar (plural gars)
- (biochemistry) Initialism of glycineamide ribonucleotide
- (enzyme) Initialism of glutathione amide reductase
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