What does "jag" mean?
A sharp projection.
Jag
/d͡ʒæɡ/ noun, verb, slang
noun, verb, slang ·Common ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A sharp projection.
- Grammar: jag is listed as noun, verb, slang.
- Nearest alternatives: bacchanal, bacchanalia, bacchanalian, bat.
- Useful contrasts: even surface, moderation, restraint.
- Usage evidence: garments thus beset with long jagges and pursles
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A sharp projection.
"garments thus beset with long jagges and pursles"
- 2 Enough liquor to make a person noticeably drunk; a skinful.
- 3 A Jaguar car. informal
""One of the ticket collectors at our local station," observed Mr. Fiennes, "has a Jag.""
- 4 Acronym of judge advocate general. US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable
"Of the three JAGs who were dismissed, I know Lt. Gen. Charles Plummer and worked with him for more than three years."
- 5 a bout of drinking or drug taking wordnet
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- 6 A part broken off; a fragment.
"some Jaggs will ſuffice to be recited"
- 7 A binge or period of overindulgence; a spree.
"Consider, the pessimists argue, the vast number of plays which it is only possible to sit through with the assistance of what Ella Wheeler Wilcox would call a mild jag."
- 8 a flap along the edge of a garment; used in medieval clothing wordnet
- 9 A flap, a tear in a clothing
- 10 A fit, spell, outburst.
"Of course she did not lose her sense of humor (not necessarily to be confused with her laughing fits, which are crying jags turned inside out according to the shrinks)."
- 11 a slit in a garment that exposes material of a different color underneath; used in Renaissance clothing wordnet
- 12 A cleft or division.
- 13 A one-horse cart load, or, in modern times, a truck load, of hay or wood.
- 14 a sharp projection on an edge or surface wordnet
- 15 A medical injection, a jab. Scotland
- 16 A leather bag or wallet; (in the plural) saddlebags. Scotland, archaic
- 17 A thorn from a bush (see jaggerbush). Pennsylvania, Western, dialectal
- 18 Ellipsis of jagoff (“an irritating, inept, or repugnant person”). Pennsylvania, Western, abbreviation, alt-of, derogatory, dialectal, ellipsis
Verb
- 1 To cut unevenly.
- 2 cut teeth into; make a jagged cutting edge wordnet
- 3 To tease. Pennsylvania, Western
Antonyms
Example
"garments thus beset with long jagges and pursles"
Common questions
What is a synonym for "jag"?
Common synonyms include: bacchanal, bacchanalia, bacchanalian, bat, bear, bender.
How do you use "jag" in a sentence?
garments thus beset with long jagges and pursles
How do you pronounce "jag"?
Pronounced /d͡ʒæɡ/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
The noun is from late Middle English jagge, from Old English giagga, giacga. The ultimate origin could be sound-symbolic of sudden movement, compare with jam and rag. The verb is from jaggen, from Old English giacgian.
Etymology 2
Circa 1597; originally "load of broom or furze", variant of British English dialectal chag (“tree branch; branch of broom or furze”), from Old English ċeacga (“broom, furze”), from Proto-Germanic *kagô (compare dialectal German Kag (“stump, cabbage, stalk”), Swedish dialect kage (“stumps”), Norwegian dialect kage (“low bush”), of unknown origin.
Etymology 3
Shortening of Jaguar.