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jagged

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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.
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Origin:
1400–50; late ME. See jag 1 , -ed 2

Related forms:
jag⋅ged⋅ly, adverb
jag⋅ged⋅ness, noun

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, esp. 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 ME jagge (n.), jaggen (v.), of obscure orig.

Related forms:
jagless, adjective
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jag 1   (jāg)   
n.  

  1. A sharp projection; a barb.

    1. A hanging flap along the edge of a garment.

    2. A slash or slit in a garment exposing material of a different color.

tr.v.   jagged, jag·ging, jags

  1. To cut jags in; notch.

  2. To cut unevenly.

  3. Scots To jab sharply; prick.


[Middle English jagge.]
jag'ger n., jag'less adj.
jag·ged   (jāg'ĭd)   
adj.  

  1. Marked by irregular projections and indentations on the edge or surface. See Synonyms at rough.

  2. Having a rough or harsh quality: "not a stutter exactly but a jagged sound, as if the words were being broken-off from some other, stronger current of words deep inside" (Anne Tyler).

jag'ged·ly adv., jag'ged·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
jag

  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

  1. mod.
    alcohol intoxicated. : Man, is that chick jagged!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

jag  (n.)
"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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: JAG
Function: abbreviation
judge advocate general
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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