I. ˈgär transitive verb
( garred ; garred ; garring ; gars )
Etymology: Middle English geren, garen, from Old Norse gera, göra, görva to prepare, make, do; akin to Old English gierwan to prepare, Old High German garawen; causative-denominative from the root of Old English gearu, gearo ready — more at yare
now chiefly Scotland : to make (a person) do something : compel , force
good manners gars us keep the Sabbath inviolate — William Black
II. ˈgär, ˈgȧ(r interjection
Etymology: euphemistic alteration of God
— a mild oath
III. noun
( -s )
Etymology: short for garfish
: any of various fishes that have an elongate body resembling that of a pike and long and narrow jaws: as
a. : needlefish
b. : any of various halfbeaks of Australia and New Zealand
c. : any of several freshwater ganoid fishes forming an order Ginglymodi and family Lepisosteidae, having hard shining rhombic scales and flesh that is rank and tough, and being destructive of other fishes — see alligator gar , longnose gar , shortnose gar
IV. abbreviation
garage