WordNet
v. collide violently with an obstacle; "I ran into the telephone pole" [syn: run into, bump into, butt against, knock against]
Usage examples of "jar against".
Tall and willowy, with long dark hair, her simple blue mantle hung in fresh folds, except where she cradled the jar against the fullness of her breasts and the long curve of her hip.
A dab of the poultice was left on the plate after the Professor's wounds had healed, and they saved it carefully in a little jar against future misadventures.
Zero said, then he hit the jar against the blade of the shovel, breaking the top of the jar clean off.
Skimming in, they come to rest with a jar against a metal grid that pivots on hydraulics to grasp them.
He kicked out, feeling his boots jar against something long and solid that floated just below the surface of the river.
His words were of less consequence than the wind, and only chance had caused him to jar against a memory Jiro yet held with resentment.
The point tore through the straw and he felt his sword jar against something and then slide onward.