Gar Definition

gär

gars

noun

gars

Any of an order (Semionotiformes) of North American freshwater bony fishes having an elongated body covered with ganoid scales, a long beaklike snout, and many sharp teeth.

Webster's New World

A needlefish.

American Heritage

Needlefish.

Webster's New World

(obsolete) Spear.

Wiktionary

Synonyms:

Synonyms:
billfish
needlefish
garpike
Lepisosteus osseus
garfish

verb

To cause or compel.

American Heritage

(now chiefly UK dialectal) To make, cause (someone to do something); to cause (something to be done). [14th-19th c.]

Wiktionary

abbreviation

Grand Army of the Republic: a fraternal order of Union veterans of the Civil War.

Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Gar

Noun

Singular:

gar

Plural:

gars

Origin of Gar

From Middle English gar, gare, gere, gore, from Old English gār (“spear, dart, javelin, shaft, arrow, weapon, arms”), from Proto-Germanic *gaizaz (“spear, pike, javelin”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰayso- (“pointed stick, spear”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰey- (“to drive, move, fling”). Cognate with West Frisian gear, Dutch geer (“pointed weapon, spear”), German Ger (“spear”), Norwegian geir (“spear”), Icelandic geir (“spear”). Related to gore.

From Wiktionary
From Middle English garren, gerren, from Old Norse gera, gerva (Swedish göra, Danish gøre), from Proto-Germanic *garwijaną. Compare yare.

From Wiktionary
Middle English geren from Old Norse gera to make

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Short for garfish..

From Wiktionary
Short for garfish

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition