Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To emit or make a harsh or shrill sound.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • intransitive verb obsolete To emit a harsh or discordant sound.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb obsolete To emit a harsh or discordant sound.

Etymologies

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Compare Old Swedish jerga to repeat angrily, to brawl, Icelandic jarg tedious iteration, French jargonner to talk jargon. See jargon.

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