gar
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Is gar a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of gar?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (especially US, Canada) Any of several North American fish of the family Lepisosteidae that have long, narrow jaws.Examples: "Gars are long, slender, predatory fishes of quiet waters east of the Rockies."CanadaUSespecially
2. (especially UK, Ireland) A garfish, Belone belone.IrelandUKespecially
verb (English)
1. (now chiefly UK dialectal) To make, compel (someone to do something); to cause (something to be done).Examples: "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 [...]."; "Time gars me tremble. Ah, how sore the baulk! / While Time in pride of strength cloth ever stalk [...]."UKdialectal
name (English)
1. (US, historical, military, mid-19th century) Initialism of Grand Army of the Republic.Examples: "He was a Yankee and they say he would not hang a man who had been in the G.A.R."Synonyms: G.A.R., G. A. R.USabbreviationalt-ofhistoricalinitialismobsolete
noun (English)
1. (biochemistry) Initialism of glycineamide ribonucleotide.abbreviationalt-ofinitialism
2. (biochemistry) Initialism of glutathione amide reductase.abbreviationalt-ofinitialism
3. (finance) Initialism of gross annual revenue.abbreviationalt-ofinitialism
Definition source: Wiktionary