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jag

1

[ jag ]

noun

  1. a sharp projection on an edge or surface.


verb (used with object)

, jagged, jag·ging.
  1. to cut or slash, especially in points or pendants along the edge; form notches, teeth, or ragged points in.

verb (used without object)

, jagged, jag·ging.
  1. to move with a jerk; jog.

jag

2

[ jag ]

noun

  1. a period of unrestrained indulgence in an activity; spree; binge:

    a crying jag; a talking jag.

  2. a state of intoxication from liquor.
  3. Northern, North Midland, and Western U.S. a load, as of hay or wood.

J.A.G.

3
or JAG

abbreviation for

  1. Judge Advocate General.

Jag

1

/ dʒæɡ /

noun

  1. informal.
    a Jaguar car: often understood as a symbol of affluence
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JAG

2

abbreviation for

  1. Judge Advocate General
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jag

3

/ dʒæɡ /

verb

  1. tr to cut unevenly; make jagged
  2. to catch (fish) by impaling them on an unbaited hook
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noun

  1. an informal word for jab jab
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noun

  1. a jagged notch or projection
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jag

4

/ dʒæɡ /

noun

    1. intoxication from drugs or alcohol
    2. a bout of drinking or drug taking
  1. a period of uncontrolled activity

    a crying jag

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Word History and Origins

Origin of jag1

1350–1400; late Middle English jagge (noun), jaggen (v.), of obscure origin

Origin of jag2

1590–1600; perhaps originally load of broom or furze (compare Old English ceacga broom, furze)
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Word History and Origins

Origin of jag1

C14: of unknown origin

Origin of jag2

of unknown origin
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Example Sentences

Lt. Commander Kevin Bogucki is a Navy JAG officer serving as defense counsel for enemy combatants detained at Guantanamo.

He returned to TV in Chicago Hope, before landing NCIS, a spinoff from JAG in 2003, playing Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs.

What you remember him from: Elliott played the lead in the military court procedural JAG for 10 seasons on CBS.

Second and more interesting was that weird jag he went on about Fast & Furious.

The result has been the most spectacular jag of growth in the region.

Thenceforth the innocents and near-innocents could get their perunaese jag only at the risk of a bad quarter of an hour.

We now began to put out the small traps at as good a "jag" as I was able to stand the travel.

The "jag" he developed was something phenomenal, and he was finally locked up in the Bastile by common consent.

I've been in many a jag myself, but that's not why I came out.

Maybe this virtuous jag'll get us some business for what it loses us.

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