Crossword clues for ajar
ajar
- Open just a tad
- Not really closed
- Not locked
- Not entirely closed
- Neither open nor shut
- Like heavenly gates
- Like certain gates
- Like a door that's cracked open a bit
- Letting in a little light
- Just slightly open
- Imperfectly closed, as a door
- How a fire door shouldn't be left
- Hardly open, as a door
- Half open
- Cracked, in a way
- Cracked, as a glass door?
- Certainly not locked
- At variance (with)
- Annoying to a draft evader?
- Almost closed, but not quite
- Allowing some light to come through, maybe
- Allowing a peek, in a way
- Allowing a little light in
- Allowing a draft, perhaps
- Allowing a draft, e.g
- Allowing a draft
- "When is a door not a door? When it's ___"
- Word for heavenly gates
- With a wee opening
- When it's __: answer to an old riddle about a door
- When a door is not a door
- What some cars say your door is
- What a door is when it's not a door?
- Virtually closed
- Still open
- Standing open
- Sort of cracked
- Somewhat cracked?
- Slightly shy of shut
- Slightly gapped
- Slightly cracked open
- Shut some
- Short of being shut
- Set for eavesdropping, maybe
- Q: "When is a door not a door?" A: "When it's ___"
- Propped, perhaps
- Propped open
- Phish "Sample in ___"
- Partway open, as a door
- Partially open, as a door
- Partially cracked
- Out of a jamb?
- Opened a tad
- Opened a smidge
- Open, but not wide open
- Open, but barely
- Open-ish, as a door
- Open enough to peep through
- Open by a chink
- Open a wit
- Open a touch
- Open a smidge
- Not totally closed
- Not securely fastened, maybe
- Not merely unlocked
- Not flush with the wall, possibly
- Not all the way closed
- Mostly closed
- Modest Mouse "Fly Trapped in ___"
- Minimally open
- Like gates, at times
- Like a door, when it's not a door, in a riddle
- Like a door that's slightly cracked open
- Like a door that's open just a little
- Like a door facilitating eavesdropping, say
- Letting some air in, perhaps
- Letting in some air
- Letting in a shaft, perhaps
- Letting in a little air
- Letting in a draft, say
- Letting in a bit of light
- Letting a little light in, maybe
- Left slightly open
- Just a wee bit open
- Just a tad open
- Just a little open
- Just a little cracked
- Inviting to a burglar, perhaps
- In contradiction to, with with
- Half cracked?
- Dropkick Murphys "Caught in ___"
- Dinosaur Jr. "In ___"
- Cracked, say
- Cracked, like a door
- Cracked open, say
- Cracked open a bit, like a door
- Cracked just a little
- Cracked just a bit
- Cracked a smidgen
- Cocked open
- Closed, for the most part
- Closed to some extent
- Close to shut
- Causing a dashboard light to go on, in a way
- Brand New "In ___"
- Barely allowing access
- Barely admitting air
- Almost closed, as a door
- Almost but not quite shut
- Allowing peek traffic?
- Allowing for pets' comings and goings, maybe
- Allowing entry
- Allowing eavesdropping, perhaps
- Allowing access
- Allowing a little light
- Admitting some light, perhaps
- Admitting a draft, as a door
- Admitting a breeze, perhaps
- A-ha "Door ___"
- A tad open
- A tad cracked
- A little cracked
- "When it's __": answer to a classic riddle
- "When it's ___" (riddle end)
- "When it's ___" (answer to the old riddle "When is a door not a door?")
- "When it's ___" (answer to an old riddle)
- "When is a door not a door? When it's ---"
- "Fly Trapped in ___" Modest Mouse
- Open a crack
- Opened a crack
- Almost shut
- Partly open, as a door
- Barely open, as a door
- Open slightly
- Cracked open?
- Open a bit
- Not fully shut
- Slightly open, as a door
- Like some doors
- Close to closed
- Not quite closed, doorwise
- Not quite shut
- Propped open, perhaps
- Open, but just
- Like a 1-Across, maybe
- Not shut tightly
- "When it's ___" (old riddle's end)
- Not latched, maybe
- Between open and closed
- Cracked a bit, as a door
- A bit cracked?
- Not fully closed
- "When it's ___" (old riddle answer)
- Leaving a small opening
- Left so as to admit some light
- Admitting a draft, maybe
- Just opened
- Discordant
- Not completely closed, as a door
- Nearly closed
- Partially opened
- Opened just a crack
- Somewhat open
- See 26-Down
- Admitting just a little light, maybe
- Not completely shut, as a door
- Opened a bit
- Not closed all the way, as a door
- Not shut all the way
- Almost closed, doorwise
- The Blue ___ (Hank Azaria's "Mystery Men" role)
- Not stopping the draft, say
- Openable with a gentle push, say
- Q.: When is a door not a door? A.: When it's ___
- Allowing peeking, perhaps
- A little open, as an office door
- Cracked a little bit
- Like a door that doesn't afford complete privacy
- "Wearing the face that she keeps in ___ by the door" (Beatles lyric)
- Open a tad
- Allowing some ventilation, say
- Not wide open
- Cracked open, as a door
- Not fully open
- Admitting a slight draft, maybe
- Cracked just slightly
- Slightly cracked, as a door
- Unlatched, say
- Open a smidgen
- Not fully closed, as 1-Across
- Nearly shut
- Slightly opened
- Not in harmony
- "Momo" author: 1978
- At variance with
- Almost open
- Author of "Momo": 1978
- Open just a little
- Not closed fully
- "A door is not a door when it's ___"
- Door positioning
- Emile ___, author of "Momo": 1978
- Inharmonious
- Showing a crack
- Unclosed a bit
- In a discordant state
- What a closed door is not
- Unharmonious
- Like a door with a foot in it
- Open somewhat
- Out of harmony
- Like the Pearly Gates, for saints
- Dissonant
- Unshut, perhaps
- A bit open
- A glass object allowing some light in?
- On roll call for military revolution
- A drink only just opened?
- A container slightly open
- A container partly open
- A container is slightly open
- A grate leaving a small gap?
- Partly open a glass container
- Just to see the king rocket?
- Just open a container
- A container is not closed
- Allowing entry, as a door
- Shy of being shut
- Open a little
- Open some, as a door
- Open just a bit
- Not exactly closed
- Just shy of shut
- Admitting a draft, perhaps
- Shy of shut
- Partly closed
- Obviously unlocked
- Cracked, as a door
- Allowing a peek, say
- A door that's not a door?
- Slightly open, like a door
- Just barely open, like a door
- Just a bit open
- Cracked slightly
- Clearly not locked
- Wilco "She's ___"
- Short of shut
- Partially closed
- Open just a crack
- Like a cracked door
- Cracked open a smidge
- Clearly not latched
- Admitting peek traffic?
- Perfect for peeking through
- Open partway
- Open minimally
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ajar \A*jar"\, adv. [Pref. a- + jar.] In a state of discord; out of harmony; as, he is ajar with the world. [1913 Webster] ||
Ajar \A*jar"\, adv. [OE. on char ajar, on the turn; AS. cerr, cyrr, turn, akin to G. kehren to turn, and to D. akerre. See Char.] Slightly turned or opened; as, the door was standing ajar.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1718, perhaps from Scottish dialectal a char "slightly open," earlier on char (early 16c.), from Middle English char, from Old English cier "a turn."
Wiktionary
Etymology 1
Slightly turned or opened. adv. Slightly turned or opened. v
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(context rare perhaps nonstandard English) To turn or open slightly; to become ajar or to cause to become ajar; to be or to hang ajar. Etymology 2
adv. 1 (label en archaic) Out of harmony. 2 Being at variance or in contradiction to something. vb. (context rare perhaps nonstandard English) To show variance or contradiction with something; to be or cause to be askew.
WordNet
adj. slightly open; "the door was ajar" [syn: ajar(p)]
Wikipedia
Ajar or AJAR may refer to:
- Ajar, Afghanistan
- Ajar, Mauritania
- Ajar people, an ethnographic group of Georgians
- the Australian Journal of Agricultural Research
- the African Journal of AIDS Research
- AJAR (applications software platform), a Motorola software platform for mobile phones
AJAR is a Motorola applications software platform for mass-market feature phones, designed to help players across the mobile industry develop highly customised, fully featured handsets rapidly and cost-effectively.
Usage examples of "ajar".
Pennyworth told me how Avis listened behind that door on my first visit here, and I saw this time that it stood ajar.
Beaten haggard, he stood cloakless in his travel-stained leathers, while draught from the door left ajar at his back flared and harried the stubs of the candles.
And in the end I went, wet, hatless, and dazed in the morning light, and entered that awful door in Benefit Street which I had left ajar, and which still swung cryptically in full sight of the early householders to whom I dared not speak.
The chest had been abandoned among others in a dim storeroom, but the door of the room was ajar, admitting a streak of cyanic light.
Finding the door ajar, he rapped on it with his knuckles and pushed through to discover Ebby sitting with his feet propped up on the sill.
I therefore managed to tell Bettina that I would leave ajar the door of my room, and that I would wait for her as soon as everyone in the house had gone to bed.
Jeremid beckoned, and when they got to him, Kittul Kendersson stood with the door ajar.
Afraid to look, but knowing she had to, Merissa swung open all the cabinet doors, leaving them ajar so that Cagan could share the sight of her meager findings.
I avoided him by dodging into the oilery by a side door which happened to stand ajar.
For once contact has been made, once the door to the other world has been set ajar, a host of waiting intelligences may crowd through.
Under the gaze of a weedy youth with his mouth permanently ajar, they sat down on three wooden chairs and Smithers, taking the initiative, asked the chemist to remember whether he had ever seen Victoria before.
There was a velodrome of parquet-floor between them and, as if I was expected, one of the doors was ajar.
He glanced once at the door still ajar behind him, fair and young and uneasy, his riding gloves wrung between tortured hands.
Faint sounds of drawers opening and closing came from the bedroom door that Sandra Munter left ajar.
De Biasi had given me a huge Panettone, biscuits, jars of anchovies, a bottle of olive oil, ajar of pesto.