JAG (jagged, jagging)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected forms: jagged    , jagging   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does jag mean? 

• JAG (noun)
  The noun JAG has 4 senses:

1. a sharp projection on an edge or surface

2. a slit in a garment that exposes material of a different color underneath; used in Renaissance clothing

3. a flap along the edge of a garment; used in medieval clothing

4. a bout of drinking or drug taking

  Familiarity information: JAG used as a noun is uncommon.

• JAG (verb)
  The verb JAG has 1 sense:

1. cut teeth into; make a jagged cutting edge

  Familiarity information: JAG used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JAG (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A sharp projection on an edge or surface

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Context example:

he clutched a jag of the rock

Hypernyms ("jag" is a kind of...):

projection (any solid convex shape that juts out from something)

Derivation:

jag (cut teeth into; make a jagged cutting edge)

jaggy (having a sharply uneven surface or outline)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A slit in a garment that exposes material of a different color underneath; used in Renaissance clothing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("jag" is a kind of...):

slit (a long narrow opening)

Holonyms ("jag" is a part of...):

garment (an article of clothing)

Derivation:

jag (cut teeth into; make a jagged cutting edge)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A flap along the edge of a garment; used in medieval clothing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

dag; jag

Hypernyms ("jag" is a kind of...):

flap (any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge; hangs loose or projects freely)

Holonyms ("jag" is a part of...):

garment (an article of clothing)

Derivation:

jag (cut teeth into; make a jagged cutting edge)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A bout of drinking or drug taking

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("jag" is a kind of...):

intemperance; intemperateness; self-indulgence (excess in action and immoderate indulgence of bodily appetites, especially in passion or indulgence)

• JAG (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they jag    ... he / she / it jags   
Past simple: jagged   
Past participle: jagged   
-ing form: jagging   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cut teeth into; make a jagged cutting edge

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "jag" is one way to...):

cut (separate with or as if with an instrument)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "jag"):

serrate (make saw-toothed or jag the edge of)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

jag (a flap along the edge of a garment; used in medieval clothing)

jag (a slit in a garment that exposes material of a different color underneath; used in Renaissance clothing)

jag (a sharp projection on an edge or surface)

 Context examples 

A jagged stone was lying among the moss, and this also he carefully examined and retained.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

This allele, which encodes protein jagged-2, is involved in the regulation of cell migration, cell proliferation, cell cycle progression and signal transduction.

(JAG2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

One in a scarlet cap bent over it, steadying the jagged rock which was balanced on the spoon-shaped end of the long wooden lever.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Again came the snuffle and cough, and outlined between two jagged rocks not a score of feet away he made out the gray head of a wolf.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

This allele, which encodes protein jagged-1, may play a role in the progression of hematopoiesis.

(JAG1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Strangling, suffocating, sometimes one uppermost and sometimes the other, dragging over the jagged bottom, smashing against rocks and snags, they veered in to the bank.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

It began with a thin scratch and ended in a jagged hole.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

She started from my side, and ran along a jagged timber which protruded from the place we stood upon, and overhung the deep water at some height, without the least defence.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

With this as our support, we were soon able to scramble up the jagged wall until we found ourselves upon the small grassy platform, some twenty-five feet each way, which formed the summit.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A jagged scarp, or wall of cliffs, known as Piri Rupes borders the young, nearly crater-free plains of Piri Planitia.

(What’s Eating at Pluto?, NASA)