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JAGGED
jagged, jaggy, scraggy
(adjective) having a sharply uneven surface or outline; “the jagged outline of the crags”; “scraggy cliffs”
erose, jagged, jaggy, notched, toothed
(adjective) having an irregularly notched or toothed margin as though gnawed
JAG
jag
(verb) cut teeth into; make a jagged cutting edge
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
jagged (comparative jaggeder, superlative jaggedest)
Unevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut.
Synonyms: serrated, Thesaurus:notched
Having a rough quality.
Synonyms: scraggy, Thesaurus:rough
(computing) Of an array, having a different cardinality in each dimension, such that a representation on paper would appear uneven.
Verb
jagged
simple past tense and past participle of jag
Source: Wiktionary
Jag"ged, a.
Definition: 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.
JAG
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.]
JAGG
Jagg, v. t. & n.
Definition: See Jag.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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