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Jag
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Jag has 4 senses
- jag(n = noun.object) Array - a sharp projection on an edge or surface; "he clutched a jag of the rock" is a kind of projection
- jag(n = noun.artifact) Array - a slit in a garment that exposes material of a different color underneath; used in Renaissance clothing; Array is a part of garment
- jag(n = noun.artifact) dag - a flap along the edge of a garment; used in medieval clothing; Array is a kind of flap
- jag(n = noun.act) Array - a bout of drinking or drug taking; Array is a kind of intemperance, intemperateness, self-indulgence
Derived forms verb jag1, adjective jaggy2
is a kind of slit
Derived form verb jag1
is a part of garment
Derived form verb jag1
Verb Jag has 1 sense
- jag(v = verb.contact) Array - cut teeth into; make a jagged cutting edge; Array is one way to cut
Derived forms noun jag3, noun jag2, noun jag1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
Jag, n. [Prob. of Celtic origin; cf. W. gag aperture, cleft, chink; akin to Ir. & Gael. gag.].
- A notch; a cleft; a barb; a ragged or sharp protuberance; a denticulation. [1913 Webster]"Arethuss arose . . .
From rock and from jag." [1913 Webster]"Garments thus beset with long jags." [1913 Webster] - A part broken off; a fragment. Bp. Hacket. [1913 Webster]
- A cleft or division. [1913 Webster]
- A leather bag or wallet; [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- Enough liquor to make a man noticeably drunk; a small “load;” a time or case of drunkeness; -- esp. in phr. To have a jag on, to be drunk. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Jag, v. t.
To cut into notches or teeth like those of a saw; to notch. [1913 Webster]
Jag, n. [Scot. jag, jaug, a leather bag or wallet, a pocket. Cf. Jag a notch.].
A small load, as of hay or grain in the straw, or of ore. Forby. [1913 Webster]
Jag, v. t.
To carry, as a load; as, to jag hay, etc.
Jag, n.
Same as Judge-Advocate General . [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Jag, n. & v.
--n. a sharp projection of rock etc.
--v.tr. (jagged, jagging)
1 cut or tear unevenly.
2 make indentations in.
--n. a sharp projection of rock etc.
--v.tr. (jagged, jagging)
1 cut or tear unevenly.
2 make indentations in.
Derivative
jagger n.
Jag, n. sl.
1 a drinking bout; a spree.
2 a period of indulgence in an activity, emotion, etc.
1 a drinking bout; a spree.
2 a period of indulgence in an activity, emotion, etc.
Etymology
orig. 16th c., = load for one horse: orig. unkn.
THESAURUS
Jag
Vandyke, bacchanal, bacchanalia, bacchanalian, bat, bear, bender, binge, blaze, booze, bout, buck, bum, bust, carousal, carouse, celebration, chop, cleft, cog, comb, compotation, convey, crag, crena, crenellate, crenulate, crimp, cut, debauch, depression, drinking bout, drunk, drunken carousal, fang, ferry, gash, guzzle, hack, harrow, hump, incise, incision, indent, indentation, jab, jog, joggle, kerf, knurl, lug, machicolate, mill, nick, nock, notch, orgy, pack, peak, pecten, picot, pink, potation, projection, pub-crawl, puncture, rake, ratchet, sawtooth, scallop, scarify, score, scotch, serrate, slash, snag, snaggle, soak, souse, spire, spree, sprocket, spur, stab, steeple, symposium, tear, toot, tooth, tote, transport, wassailROGET THESAURUS
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Contents
N contents, cargo, lading, freight, shipment, load, bale, burden, jag, cartload, shipload, cup of, basket of, of, inside, stuffing, ullage.Notch
N notch, dent, nick, cut, indent, indentation, dimple, embrasure, battlement, machicolation, saw, tooth, crenelle, scallop, scollop, vandyke, depression, jag, notched, crenate, crenated, dentate, dentated, denticulate, denticulated, toothed, palmated, serrated.VB notch, nick, cut, dent, indent, jag, scarify, scotch, crimp, scallop, scollop, crenulate, vandyke.
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