Gar
[gahr] /gɑr/
noun, plural (especially collectively) gar (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) gars.
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Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
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[gahr] /gɑr/
verb (used with object), garred, garring.
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Scot. to compel or force (someone) to do something.
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Scot. and North England Obsolete. to do, perform, or cause.
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noun (pl) gar, gars
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short for garpike, garfish
/ɡɑːr/
verb
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(transitive) (Scot) to cause or compel
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“pike-like fish,” 1765, American English, shortening of garfish (mid-15c.), from Old English gar “spear,” from Proto-Germanic *gaizo- (cf. Old Norse geirr, Old Saxon, Old High German ger, German Ger “spear”), from PIE *ghaiso- “stick, spear” (see goad).
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