jag
1a sharp projection on an edge or surface.
to cut or slash, especially in points or pendants along the edge; form notches, teeth, or ragged points in.
to move with a jerk; jog.
Origin of jag
1Other words from jag
- jagless, adjective
Words Nearby jag
Other definitions for jag (2 of 3)
a period of unrestrained indulgence in an activity; spree; binge: a crying jag; a talking jag.
a state of intoxication from liquor.
Northern, North Midland, and Western U.S. a load, as of hay or wood.
Origin of jag
2Other definitions for J.A.G. (3 of 3)
Judge Advocate General.
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How to use jag in a sentence
Lt. Commander Kevin Bogucki is a Navy jag officer serving as defense counsel for enemy combatants detained at Guantanamo.
A Navy Lawyer Cries Foul on Gitmo’s Kafkaesque Legal System | Eleanor Clift | September 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe returned to TV in Chicago Hope, before landing NCIS, a spinoff from jag in 2003, playing Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs.
NCIS’s Mark Harmon Is the World’s Biggest TV Star | Jason Lynch | September 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhat 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.
Fifty Years a Hunter and Trapper | Eldred Nathaniel WoodcockThe "jag" he developed was something phenomenal, and he was finally locked up in the Bastile by common consent.
Roosevelt in the Bad Lands | H. Hagedorn.I've been in many a jag myself, but that's not why I came out.
The Sweep Winner | Nat GouldMaybe this virtuous jag'll get us some business for what it loses us.
The Clarion | Samuel Hopkins Adams
British Dictionary definitions for jag (1 of 4)
jagg
/ (dʒæɡ) /
(tr) to cut unevenly; make jagged
Australian to catch (fish) by impaling them on an unbaited hook
Scot an informal word for jab (def. 3), jab (def. 5)
a jagged notch or projection
Origin of jag
1British Dictionary definitions for jag (2 of 4)
/ (dʒæɡ) /
intoxication from drugs or alcohol
a bout of drinking or drug taking
a period of uncontrolled activity: a crying jag
Origin of jag
2British Dictionary definitions for Jag (3 of 4)
/ (dʒæɡ) /
informal a Jaguar car: often understood as a symbol of affluence
British Dictionary definitions for JAG (4 of 4)
Judge Advocate General
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