jag

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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.

Origin of jag

1
1350–1400; late Middle English jagge (noun), jaggen (v.), of obscure origin

Other words from jag

  • jagless, adjective

Other definitions for jag (2 of 3)

jag2
[ 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.

  1. Northern, North Midland, and Western U.S. a load, as of hay or wood.

Origin of jag

2
1590–1600; perhaps originally load of broom or furze (compare Old English ceacga broom, furze)

Other definitions for J.A.G. (3 of 3)

J.A.G.

abbreviation
  1. Judge Advocate General.

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How to use jag in a sentence

  • Their complexity is already disordered: jags and rents are their laws of being; rent by the footstep 93 they betray no harm.

  • So there were no jags, except what some people brought with them from their Christmas dinners and loaded plum puddings.

  • They were clad in "rags and jags," and the face of the eldest was in "jags" also.

    The Open Air | Richard Jefferies
  • I envied them; they fancied I looked askance at their rags and jags.

    The Open Air | Richard Jefferies

British Dictionary definitions for jag (1 of 4)

jag1

jagg

/ (dʒæɡ) /


verbjags, jagging or jagged
  1. (tr) to cut unevenly; make jagged

  2. Australian to catch (fish) by impaling them on an unbaited hook

noun, verb
  1. Scot an informal word for jab (def. 3), jab (def. 5)

noun
  1. a jagged notch or projection

Origin of jag

1
C14: of unknown origin

British Dictionary definitions for jag (2 of 4)

jag2

/ (dʒæɡ) /


nounslang
    • intoxication from drugs or alcohol

    • a bout of drinking or drug taking

  1. a period of uncontrolled activity: a crying jag

Origin of jag

2
of unknown origin

British Dictionary definitions for Jag (3 of 4)

Jag

/ (dʒæɡ) /


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

British Dictionary definitions for JAG (4 of 4)

JAG

abbreviation for
  1. Judge Advocate General

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