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 ordiscordant 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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