jag
noun
a sharp projection on an edge or surface.
jags
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present tense formof jag (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Shell-shocked, he suffered panic attacks and crying jags but seems to have settled down after a sleepover with a friend.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 16, 2025
He was nicknamed "two jags" by the press after it emerged he had two Jaguar cars.
From BBC ● Nov. 21, 2024
Listening to it, usually after lunch in a quiet corner of the house, almost always sent her into crying jags.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 2, 2021
Her histrionics upon confessing what she’d done, and her subsequent crying jags, are not indicators of sincere remorse and preparedness to change, but additional manipulative tactics designed to sidestep the consequence of her actions.
From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2020
Not one of her snot-nose sobbing jags, but crying like her heart done broke.
From "Girls Like Us" by Gail Giles
