jag Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a sharp projection on an edge or surface
    • he clutched a jag of the rock
  2. noun a slit in a garment that exposes material of a different color underneath; used in Renaissance clothing
  3. noun a flap along the edge of a garment; used in medieval clothing
    dag.
  4. noun a bout of drinking or drug taking
  5. verb cut teeth into; make a jagged cutting edge

WordNet

Jag noun
Etymology
Prob. of Celtic origin; cf. W. gag aperture, cleft, chink; akin to Ir. & Gael. gag.
Definitions
  1. A notch; a cleft; a barb; a ragged or sharp protuberance; a denticulation.
    Arethuss arose . . . From rock and from jag. Shelley.
    Garments thus beset with long jags. Holland.
  2. A part broken off; a fragment. Bp. Hacket.
  3. (Bot.) A cleft or division.
Jag transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Jagged ; present participle & verbal noun Jagging
Definitions
  1. To cut into notches or teeth like those of a saw; to notch. [Written also jagg.
Jag noun
Etymology
Scot. jag, jaug, a leather bag or wallet, a pocket. Cf. Jag a notch.
Definitions
  1. A small load, as of hay or grain in the straw, or of ore. Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S. Written also jagg. Forby.
Jag transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To carry, as a load; as, to jag hay, etc. Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.

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