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ajax | ajar |

As a preposition ajax

is (polari) nearby, over there.

As a noun ajar is

a member of an ethnographic group of georgians.

ajax

English

(wikipedia Ajax)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • (Greek mythology) Either of two heroes of the Trojan War.

    • Etymology 2

    Humorous respelling of a jakes.

    Noun

  • A toilet.
  • *1603 , (John Florio), translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays , III.13:
  • *:I say this much of this action, that it is requisite we should remit the same unto certaine prescribed night-houres, and by custome (as I have done) force and subject our selves unto it; But not (as I have done), growing in yeeres, strictly tie himselfe to the care of a particular convenient place, and of a commodious Ajax or easie close-stoole for that purpose, and make it troublesome with long sitting and nice observation.

    • Etymology 3

    Short for asynchronous JavaScript and XML .

    Alternative forms

    * AJAX

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (computing) A group of techniques for creating interactive Web applications, in which applications can retrieve data from the server asynchronously in the background without interfering with the display and behavior of the existing page.
  • * 2005 , Jesse James Garrett, Ajax: A New Approach to Web Applications
    • An Ajax application eliminates the start-stop-start-stop nature of interaction on the Web by…

    Etymology 3

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (sports)

    • Etymology 4

    Phonetic similarity to ace jack.

    Noun

  • (poker slang) An ace and a jack as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.
    • References
    * Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523

    Etymology 5

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A town in Ontario, Canada
  • A ghost town in Utah

    • ajar

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) ajar, . See char.

    Adverb

    (-)
  • Slightly turned or opened.
    • The door was standing ajar.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Slightly turned or opened.
    • The door is ajar.
    When is a door not a door? When it is ajar .
    The pantry door was ajar , so I opened it and took out the jamb.

    Verb

    (ajarr)
  • To turn or open slightly; to become ajar or to cause to become ajar; to be or to hang ajar.
  • * 1970 , John H. Evans, Mercer County law journal , Volume 10,
    • A plainclothes detective knocked on a slightly ajarred door.
  • * 1977 , Bill Reed, Dogod ,
    • Yes, and the door also lops off stairs leading to a landing on whose landing is another door on whose hinges much of this story ajars , if it hasn't jarred too much already.
  • * 2007 , Loki, Shard of the Ancient ,
    • Just as the gates fully ajarred themselves, the Lamborghini soared through them, and out into the freedom of the poorly defined road.

    Etymology 2

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (label) Out of harmony.
  • Being at variance or in contradiction to something.
  • * 1819 , Lord Byron, Don Juan , II.14:
    • There is a sort of unexpressed concern, / A kind of shock that sets one's heart ajar [...].

    Verb

  • To show variance or contradiction with something; to be or cause to be askew.
  • * 1907 , The English Illustrated Magazine , Volume 36,
    • It clean deafened the two of us, and set all the crockery ware ajarring ; and when the neighbours heard it they came running into the street to see who was getting hurt.

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