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jag.

A sharp projection.

3 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/d͡ʒæɡ/

  1. A sharp projection.

  2. A part broken off; a fragment.

  3. A flap, a tear in a clothing

  4. A cleft or division.

  5. A medical injection, a jab.

    Scotland

  6. A thorn from a bush (see jaggerbush).

    Pennsylvania · Western · dialectal

  7. Ellipsis of jagoff (“an irritating, inept, or repugnant person”).

    Pennsylvania · Western · abbreviation · alt-of · derogatory · dialectal · ellipsis
Where this word comes from

The noun is from late Middle English jagge, from Old English giagga, giacga. The ultimate origin could be sound-symbolic of sudden movement, compare with jam, rag and Middle English dag, of which jag may be a palatalised variant. The verb is from jaggen, from Old English giacgian.

verb/d͡ʒæɡ/

  1. To cut unevenly.

  2. To pierce with a sharp object.

    Northern-England · Pennsylvania · Scotland · Western

  3. To tease.

    Pennsylvania · Western
Where this word comes from

The noun is from late Middle English jagge, from Old English giagga, giacga. The ultimate origin could be sound-symbolic of sudden movement, compare with jam, rag and Middle English dag, of which jag may be a palatalised variant. The verb is from jaggen, from Old English giacgian.

noun/d͡ʒæɡ/

  1. Enough liquor to make a person noticeably drunk; a skinful.

  2. A binge or period of overindulgence; a spree.

  3. A fit, spell, outburst.

  4. A one-horse cart load, or, in modern times, a truck load, of hay or wood.

  5. A leather bag or wallet; (in the plural) saddlebags.

    Scotland · archaic
Where this word comes from

Circa 1597; originally "load of broom or furze", variant of British English dialectal chag (“tree branch; branch of broom or furze”), from Old English ċeacga (“broom, furze”), from Proto-Germanic *kagô (compare dialectal German Kag (“stump, cabbage, stalk”), Swedish dialect kage (“stumps”), Norwegian dialect kage (“low bush”), of unknown origin.

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