jag·ged

[jag-id]
adjective
1.
having ragged notches, points, or teeth; zigzag: the jagged edge of a saw; a jagged wound.
2.
having a harsh, rough, or uneven quality.

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English. See jag1, -ed2

jag·ged·ly, adverb
jag·ged·ness, noun
un·jag·ged, adjective
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jag

1 [jag] noun, verb, jagged, jag·ging.
noun
1.
a sharp projection on an edge or surface.
verb (used with object)
2.
to cut or slash, especially in points or pendants along the edge; form notches, teeth, or ragged points in.
verb (used without object)
3.
to move with a jerk; jog.

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

jag·less, adjective
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jag or jagg1 (dʒæɡ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
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) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
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) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
informal a Jaguar car: often understood as a symbol of affluence

JAG
 
abbreviation for
Judge Advocate General

jagged (ˈdʒæɡɪd) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
having sharp projecting notches; ragged; serrate
 
'jaggedly
 
adv
 
'jaggedness
 
n

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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."

jagged
1440, from obs. verb jaggen (1373) "to notch or nick," Scot. and northern English, of unknown origin. Originally of garments with regular "toothed" edges; meaning "with the edge irregularly cut" is from 1577.
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Slang Dictionary

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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jagged definition


  1. mod.
    alcohol intoxicated. : Man, is that chick jagged!
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
JAG
judge advocate general
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Example sentences
Instead their hands encountered the jagged edges of corals and giant seashells.
Ceiling panels are divided into jagged shards, and pieces of wall jut out or
  recede.
The often jagged shape is the result of its formation from lava flows meeting
  the surrounding ocean.
As the others caught their breath, he zipped his way across loose and jagged
  rock up the final ascent.
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