jar vs wigwag

jar

verb
  • To knock, shake, or strike sharply, especially causing a quivering or vibrating movement. 

  • To harm or injure by such action. 

  • To act in disagreement or opposition, to clash, to be at odds with; to interfere; to dispute, to quarrel. 

  • To quiver or vibrate due to being shaken or struck. 

  • To (cause something to) give forth a rudely tremulous or quivering sound; to (cause something to) sound discordantly or harshly. 

  • To shock or surprise. 

  • Of the appearance, form, style, etc., of people and things: to look strangely different; to stand out awkwardly from its surroundings; to be incongruent. 

  • To preserve (food) in a jar. 

noun
  • A small, approximately cylindrical container, normally made of clay or glass, for holding fruit, preserves, etc., or for ornamental purposes. 

  • The effect of something contradictory or discordant; a clash. 

  • A jar and its contents; as much as fills such a container; a jarful. 

  • A quivering or vibrating movement or sensation resulting from something being shaken or struck. 

  • A glass of beer or cider, served by the pint. 

  • An earthenware container, either with two or no handles, for holding oil, water, wine, etc., or used for burial. 

  • A sense of alarm or dismay. 

  • A clashing or discordant set of sounds, particularly with a quivering or vibrating quality. 

  • A pint glass 

wigwag

verb
  • To move gently in one direction and then another; to wig or wiggle, to wag or waggle. 

  • To send a signal by waving a flag to and fro. 

  • An act of wigwagging. 

  • To oscillate between two states. 

adv
  • With a wigwagging or to-and-fro motion. 

noun
  • A device with multiple (often two), alternately flashing lights which is installed at a railway level crossing (or grade crossing), a movable bridge, etc., to warn vehicular traffic to stop. 

  • An instrument that creates a wigwagging motion for polishing. 

  • A grade crossing signal with a swinging motion used to indicate an approaching train. 

  • A device that causes one or more lights to flash in a preset pattern. 

  • A red light near the door of a sound stage that flashes to indicate that cameras are rolling inside the stage and that all people and vehicles outside should remain quiet; a red-eye. 

  • A device used to cause lamps installed on a motor vehicle, especially an emergency vehicle such as an ambulance or police car, to flash as a warning. 

  • Any of a number of mechanical or electrical devices which cause a component to oscillate between two states. 

  • A signal sent by waving a flag to and fro. 

  • A warning device inside the cabin of a truck that causes a mechanical arm to drop into view when the pressure in the airbrake system of the truck becomes too low for the brakes to be reliably deployed. 

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