jarring

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   making or causing a harsh and irritating sound

   The jarring noise of the iron gate scraping on the sidewalk scared me.

2. 2
   adj

   That jars (clashes or disagrees); incongruous, conflictful.

   The rings of iron that on the doors were hung / Sent out a jarring sound

3. 3
   noun

   Storage in jars.

   The jarring of peaches took place at the end of the season.

4. 4
   noun

   A feeling or movement that jars or jolts.

   The striker's job was onerous, too, because there was so little "give" in the metal, and the perpetual jarring was indeed trying to the muscles.

5. 5
   verb

   present participle and gerund of jar

Etymology

From jar (“to clash, conflict, disturb”) + -ing.