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JAG
jag
(noun) a bout of drinking or drug taking
jag, dag
(noun) a flap along the edge of a garment; used in medieval clothing
jag
(noun) a slit in a garment that exposes material of a different color underneath; used in Renaissance clothing
jag
(noun) a sharp projection on an edge or surface; “he clutched a jag of the rock”
jag
(verb) cut teeth into; make a jagged cutting edge
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
JAG
(legal, military) Acronym of judge advocate general.
Anagrams
• AGJ, JGA
Etymology
Noun
Jag (plural Jags)
(informal) A Jaguar car.
Anagrams
• AGJ, JGA
Etymology 1
Noun
jag (plural jags)
A sharp projection.
A part broken off; a fragment.
(botany) A cleft or division.
(Scotland) A medical injection, a jab.
Verb
jag (third-person singular simple present jags, present participle jagging, simple past and past participle jagged)
To cut unevenly.
(Pittsburgh) To tease.
Etymology 2
Noun
jag (plural jags)
Enough liquor to make a person noticeably drunk; a skinful.
A binge or period of overindulgence; a spree.
A fit, spell, outburst.
A one-horse cart load, or, in modern times, a truck load, of hay or wood.
(Scotland, archaic) A leather bag or wallet; (in the plural) saddlebags.
Anagrams
• AGJ, JGA
Source: Wiktionary
Jag, n. Etym: [Prob. of Celtic origin; cf. W. gag aperture, cleft, chink; akin to Ir. & Gael. gag.] [Written also jagg.]
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.)
Definition: A cleft or division. Jag bolt, a bolt with a nicked or barbed shank which resists retraction, as when leaded into stone.
Jag, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jagged; p. pr. & vb. n. Jagging.]
Definition: To cut into notches or teeth like those of a saw; to notch. [Written also jagg. Jagging iron, a wheel with a zigzag or jagged edge for cutting cakes or pastry into ornamental figures.
Jag, n. Etym: [Scot. jag, jaug, a leather bag or wallet, a pocket. Cf. Jag a notch.]
Definition: A small load, as of hay or grain in the straw, or of ore. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.] [Written also jagg.] Forby.
Jag, v. t.
Definition: To carry, as a load; as, to jag hay, etc. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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