jag
IPA: dʒˈæg
noun
- A sharp projection.
- A part broken off; a fragment.
- A flap, a tear in a clothing
- (botany) A cleft or division.
- (Scotland) A medical injection, a jab.
- (Western Pennsylvania, dialectal) A thorn from a bush (see jaggerbush).
- 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.
- (informal) A Jaguar car.
- (Western Pennsylvania, dialectal, derogatory) Ellipsis of jagoff.: An irritating, inept, or repugnant person. [(derogatory, dialectal, Western Pennsylvania) An irritating, inept, or repugnant person.]
- (law, military) Acronym of judge advocate general.
verb
- To cut unevenly.
- (Western Pennsylvania) To tease.
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Examples of "jag" in Sentences
- He grabbed a jag of the cliff.
- The appearance is extremely jagged.
- The song is a somewhat jagged warble.
- The collar and other scales seem jagged.
- The boundary of the globe is noticeably jagged.
- Mount Whitney is the jagged peak above the road.
- The edge is jagged because the two sides are slanted.
- The figure standing to the right wears a jagged crown.
- There is a keen jag on the top, and be careful of that.
- It appears to be a blue, jagged version of the sword of the storm.
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