Definition jag
Etymology 1
The noun is from late Middle English jagge, the verb is from jaggen.
Noun
jag (plural jags)
- A sharp projection.
- A part broken off; a fragment.
- (botany) A cleft or division.
- (Scotland) A medical injection.
Verb
jag (third-person singular simple present jags, present participle jagging, simple past and past participle jagged)
- To cut unevenly.
- (Pittsburgh) To tease.
Etymology 2
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.
Noun
jag (plural jags)
- 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.