jagged Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb cut teeth into; make a jagged cutting edge
    jag.
  2. adjective satellite having a sharply uneven surface or outline
    scraggy; jaggy.
    • the jagged outline of the crags
    • scraggy cliffs
  3. adjective satellite having an irregularly notched or toothed margin as though gnawed
    erose; toothed; notched; jaggy.

WordNet


Jag"ged adjective
Definitions
  1. Having jags; having rough, sharp notches, protuberances, or teeth; cleft; laciniate; divided; as, jagged rocks. " Jagged vine leaves' shade." Trench. -- Jag"ged*ly, adv. -- Jag"ged*ness, n.

Webster 1913