Jark vs Park - What's the difference?
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A seal (stamp or impression of a stamp ).
* 1818 , '', Chapter XXIX, 1839, ''The Waverley Novels , Volume 2,
(slang, military, British) To modify (weaponry) to disadvantage; especially, to attach and use a tracking device to covertly monitor its location.
* 1996 , Andy McNab, Immediate Action ,
* 2001 , Peter Taylor, Brits:the War Against the IRA ,
* 2010 , Christopher C. Harmon, Andrew N. Pratt, Sebastian Gorka, Toward a Grand Strategy Against Terrorism ,
* 2010 , Ed Moloney, Voices from the Grave: Two Men's War in Ireland ,
* 1996 , William Gilmore Simms, Mary Ann Wimsatt, “Bald-Head Bill Bauldy”'', ''Tales of the South ,
An area of land set aside for environment preservation and/or informal recreation.
# A tract of ground kept in its natural state, about or adjacent to a residence, as for the preservation of game, for walking, riding, or the like.
#* (Edmund Waller) (1606-1687)
# A piece of ground, in or near a city or town, enclosed and kept for ornament and recreation
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# An enclosed parcel of land stocked with animals for hunting, which one may have by prescription or royal grant.
# (US) A grassy basin surrounded by mountains.
An area used for serious organized purposes.
# (rfc-sense) A space occupied by the animals, wagons, pontoons, and materials of all kinds, as ammunition, ordnance stores, hospital stores, provisions, etc., when brought together.
# A partially enclosed basin in which oysters are grown.
# An area zoned for a particular (industrial or technological) purpose.
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, title= # (soccer) A pitch; the area on which a match is played.
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(Australia, NZ) A space in which to leave a car; a parking space.
* 2003 , “Johnny”, Melbourne Blackout'', in Sleazegrinder (editor), ''Gigs from Hell: True Stories from Rock and Roll?s Frontline ,
* 2010 , Sandy Curtis, Dangerous Deception , Clan Destine Press, Australia,
* 2011 , Antonia Magee, The Property Diaries: A Story of Buying a House, Finding a Man and Making a Home … All on a Single Income! , John Wiley & Sons Australia,
To bring (something such as a vehicle) to a halt or store in a specified place.
(informal) To defer (a matter) until a later date.
To bring together in a park, or compact body.
To enclose in a park, or as in a park.
(baseball) To hit a home run, to hit the ball out of the park.
(slang) To engage in romantic or sexual activities inside a nonmoving vehicle.
(transitive, informal, sometimes reflexive) To sit, recline, or put, especially in a manner suggesting an intent to remain for some time.
(finance) To invest money temporarily in an investment instrument considered to relatively free of risk, especially while awaiting other opportunities.
(Internet) To register a domain name, but make no use of it (See )
As a noun jark
is a seal (stamp or impression of a stamp ).As a verb jark
is (slang|military|british) to modify (weaponry) to disadvantage; especially, to attach and use a tracking device to covertly monitor its location or jark can be .As a proper noun park is
) the third most common korean surname.jark
English
Etymology 1
Noun
(en noun)page 92,
- "This is a jark from Jim Ratcliffe," said the taller, having looked at the bit of paper.
Verb
(en verb)page 365,
- At the end of the day, it was inevitable that the IRA would discover that its weapons were being jarked .
page 255,
- 'Anna' and 'Mary' were involved in operations that drew on a variety of intelligence data: ‘jarking'’; information from agents;One of the weapons, perhaps the Armalite, had been ‘' jarked ’ by the ‘Det’ and tracked for some time.
page 197,
- An especially creative method was known as “jarking ,” which involved “the placing of tiny tracking devices on weapons in arms caches so their movements can be followed.”8
page 282,
- The homes and safe houses he provided were bugged; the weapons hidden in empty houses were ‘jarked ’ so the security forces could keep track of them, and the vehicles used to ferry weapons put under close surveillance.
Usage notes
(track weaponry) Both word and practice became common during the (1968-1998).Etymology 2
From jerk.Verb
(en verb)page 323,
- First, I felt a kick in my side, and ribs; then I felt myself pulled and jarked about, by the arms and shoulders; and, when I opened my eyes and straightened myself out, to see what alligator hed got hold of me now, what should I see but a squad of four or five of our own Rigiment, all pulling at me at onst!
References
*jarking'', in ''The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English: J-Z , by Eric Partridge, Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor, Taylor & Francis, 2006. ISBN 041525938X, 9780415259385. * Toby Harnden, Bandit Country: The IRA & South Armagh , ISBN 0-340-71736-X
park
English
Noun
(en noun)- While in the park I sing, the listening deer / Attend my passion, and forget to fear.
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=If the afternoon was fine they strolled together in the park , very slowly, and with pauses to draw breath wherever the ground sloped upward. The slightest effort made the patient cough.}}
- I roamed the streets and parks , as far removed from the idea of art and pretense as I could take myself, discovering there the kind of truth I was supposed to be setting down on paper…
Chico Harlan
Japan pockets the subsidy …, passage=Across Japan, technology companies and private investors are racing to install devices that until recently they had little interest in: solar panels. Massive solar parks are popping up as part of a rapid build-up that one developer likened to an "explosion."}}
Sunderland 0-2 Blackpool, passage=But because of their dominance in the middle of the park and the sheer volume of chances, Sunderland boss Steve Bruce must have been staggered and sickened in equal measure when the visitors took the lead five minutes after the break.}}
page 174,
- We got to the 9th Ward and as luck would have it I found a park for my bro?s car right out the front.
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- Once they?d entered the floors of parking spaces, James found a park relatively easily, but Mark had difficulty, and only a swift sprint allowed him to catch up as James walked through the throngs of people in the casino with the determination of a man who didn?t want to be delayed.
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- We finally found a park and walked a few blocks to the building.
Antonyms
* (a piece of ground in or near a city) building, skyscraper, streetSynonyms
* (a piece of ground in or near a city) courtyard, garden, plazaDerived terms
* amusement park * ballpark * car park * national park * parkade * skatepark * theme park * tank parkReferences
* “Park” in James F. Dunnigan and Albert Nofi (1992), Dirty Little Secrets: Military Information You're Not Supposed to Know , Harper, ISBN 978-0688112707, p 28. *Verb
(en verb)- You can park the car in front of the house.
- I parked the drive heads of my hard disk before travelling with my laptop.
- Let's park that until next week's meeting.
- How are we parked , and bounded in a pale. — Shakespeare.
- He really parked that one.
- They stopped at a romantic overlook, shut off the engine, and parked .
- He came in and parked himself in our living room.
- Park your bags in the hall.
- We decided to park our money in a safe, stable, low-yield bond fund until market conditions improve.