Definition of gar Gar

/gɑˈɹ/ - [gar] - GAR

We found 13 definitions of gar from 7 different sources.

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What does gar mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: gars

gar - primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth
  garfish, garpike, billfish, Lepisosteus osseus
  ganoid, ganoid fish primitive fishes having thick bony scales with a shiny covering
gar - elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters
  needlefish, billfish
  teleost, teleost fish, teleostan a bony fish of the subclass Teleostei
  belonidae, family belonidae ferocious fishes of warm regions resembling but unrelated to the freshwater gars
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • gar (v.)
    Any slender marine fish of the genera Belone and Tylosurus. See Garfish.
  • gar (v.)
    The gar pike. See Alligator gar (under Alligator), and Gar pike.
  • gar (n.)
    To cause; to make.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • gar
    ISO 639-6 entity
  • gar
    ISO 639-6 entity

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • gar
    gär, Garfish, gär′fish, n. a long slender fish of the pike family, with a pointed head. [A.S. gár, a dart.]
  • gar
    gär, v.t. (Scot.) to cause, to compel. [Norse ger(v)a, to make (A.S. gierwan, giarwian), Sw. göra, Dan. gjöre; cf. Yare.]

Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥

  • gar
    The general term used by the Saxons for a weapon of war.

Part of speech

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  • gar, verb, present, 1st person singular of gar (infinitive).
  • gar, verb (infinitive).
  • gar, noun, singular of gars / gar.
  • gar, noun, plural of gar.

Pronunciation

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Sign Language

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