Jagged
//ˈd͡ʒæɡɪd// adj, verb
adj, verb ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 simple past and past participle of jag form-of, participle, past
Adjective
- 1 Unevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut.
"At last the first glimpse from a bridge of an open-top red bus, and a noticeable darkening of the atmosphere from the smoke of London: then the increasingly dingy stations with double-barrel names, set amid what has always been to me the outstanding feature of the "Premier Line" approach to London—the positively marvellous display of crazy chimney-pots on the grey inner suburban houses. As many as twenty, all of varying style, standing together like ranks of jagged teeth, and providing a Dickensian back-cloth which no other route can boast."
- 2 Having a rough quality.
- 3 Of an array, having a different cardinality in each dimension, such that a representation on paper would appear uneven.
Adjective
- 1 having a sharply uneven surface or outline wordnet
- 2 having an irregularly notched or toothed margin as though gnawed wordnet
Example
More examples"The jagged edge ripped a hole in his trousers."
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