Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
verb (used with object), garred, gar·ring.
- Scot. to compel or force (someone) to do something.
- Scot. and North England Obsolete. to do, perform, or cause.
noun plural gar or gars
verb
- (tr) Scot to cause or compel
“pike-like fish,” 1765, American English, shortening of garfish (mid-15c.), from Old English gar “spear,” from Proto-Germanic *gaizo- (cf. Old Norse geirr, Old Saxon, Old High German ger, German Ger “spear”), from PIE *ghaiso- “stick, spear” (see goad).