gar
/ɡɑɹ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.99 in modern English
4
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any of several North American fish of the family Lepisosteidae that have long, narrow jaws.
Canadian usage; American usage
noun
noun
noun
Initialism of gross annual revenue.
name
A county of Ngari prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.
Example Sentences
- "A great gar plunged with a loud splash into the water hole."
- "Gars are long, slender, predatory fishes of quiet waters east of the Rockies."
- "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 [...]."
- "Farewell to pleasant Dilston Hall, / My father's ancient seat, / A stranger now must call thee his, / Which gars my heart to greet. [...]."
- "Time gars me tremble. Ah, how sore the baulk! / While Time in pride of strength cloth ever stalk [...]."
- "He was a Yankee and they say he would not hang a man who had been in the G.A.R."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɡɑɹ/
- British English: /ɡɑː/
Usage
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
Phrases
alligator gar
broadhead gar
Cuban gar
Florida gar
freshwater gar (Xenentodon cancila
gator gar
king gar
longnose gar