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1   [jag] noun, verb, jagged, jag·ging.
noun
1.
a sharp projection on an edge or surface.
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verb (used with object)
2.
to cut or slash, especially in points or pendants along the edge; form notches, teeth, or ragged points in.

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verb (used without object)
3.
to move with a jerk; jog.
Origin:
1350–1400; late Middle English jagge (noun), jaggen (v.), of obscure origin

Related forms
jag·less, adjective
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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.
Origin:
1590–1600; perhaps orig. load of broom or furze (compare Old English ceacga broom, furze)

J.A.G.

 
Judge Advocate General.
Also, JAG
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jag or jagg1 (dʒæɡ)
 
—vb , jags, jagging, jagged
1.  (tr) to cut unevenly; make jagged
2.  (Austral) to catch (fish) by impaling them on an unbaited hook
 
—n, —vb
3.  (Scot) jab an informal word for jab
 
—n
4.  a jagged notch or projection
 
[C14: of unknown origin]
 
jagg or jagg1
 
—vb
 
—n, —vb
 
—n
 
[C14: of unknown origin]

jag2 (dʒæɡ)
 
—n
1.  a.  intoxication from drugs or alcohol
 b.  a bout of drinking or drug taking
2.  a period of uncontrolled activity: a crying jag
 
[of unknown origin]

Jag (dʒæɡ)
 
—n
informal a Jaguar car: often understood as a symbol of affluence

JAG
 
—abbreviation for
Judge Advocate General

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Word Origin & History

jag
"period of unrestrained activity," 1887, Amer.Eng. from sense "load of hay or wood" (1597), of unknown origin, used in U.S. colloquial speech from 1834 to mean "a quantity, a lot."
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jag definition


  1. n.
    a Jaguar automobile. : What I really want is a jag.
  2. n.
    a drinking bout; a prolonged state of alcohol or drug intoxication. : Is he off on another jag, or is this the same one?
  3. n.
    a prolonged state of emotional excess, especially crying. : I've been on a jag and can't get my work done. , Is she still on her crying jag?
  4. n.
    a drug rush. (Drugs.) : This stuff has no jag at all.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
JAG
judge advocate general
The American Heritage® Abbreviations Dictionary, Third Edition
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