jag

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noun (1)

ˈjag 

1

a

: spree

a crying jag

b

: a state or feeling of exhilaration or intoxication usually induced by liquor

2

: a small load

jag

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noun (2)

: a sharp projecting part : barb

jag

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verb

jagged; jagging

intransitive verb

1

: to move in jerks

2

: prick, thrust

transitive verb

1

: to cut indentations into

also : to form teeth on (a saw) by cutting indentations

2

chiefly dialectal : prick, stab

jagger noun

JAG

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abbreviation

judge advocate general

Examples of jag in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Since its buying jag began, the company has filed suit in federal court against a group of families the firm purchased property from, seeking $510 million. —Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2023

One bear, on a jag this spring, broke into multiple unlocked vehicles. —Vanessa Arredondo, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2023

Alcohol exacerbated Brian’s fragile disposition — leading to tantrums, meltdowns, car crashes, and crying jags. —Elizabeth Winder, Rolling Stone, 24 July 2023

Music is a surefire way to stop a crying jag for some babies. —Parents Editors, Parents, 7 June 2023

Even the butt-freezing toilet, located in an unheated stall outside the front door, elicited tears; the thought of Nina's stew—a thin combination of carrots, duck, celery, and old bread of which Julia was never awarded any of the meat—brought on a full crying jag. —Ew Staff, EW.com, 4 May 2021

No one wants to be barraged with unsolicited advice, but sometimes another mom's reassurance that the two-week sniffles are a real thing or her tip for kneading gas bubbles out of a baby's tummy is the difference between sanity and a crying jag while panic-calling the pediatrician. —Charlotte Hilton Andersen, Redbook, 25 Aug. 2017

Bennani was on a research jag, obsessively learning about teleportation. —New York Times, 1 Dec. 2021

That is to say, the book begins in 1977 and circles back to the winter of 1971–1972, when Bunting was teaching at the University of Victoria in British Columbia and the younger poet happened to bounce there on an extended peripatetic jag. —Ange Mlinko, The New York Review of Books, 13 May 2021

Verb

The GOP impeachment jag alone may help swing some battleground districts to Democrats. —Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Sep. 2023

The boundary line drawn by the Republicans had jagged up from Superior to keep Endsley’s house in the district. —Dan Kaufman, The New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2023

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Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

origin unknown

Verb

Middle English jaggen

First Known Use

Noun (1)

1597, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Noun (2)

1578, in the meaning defined above

Verb

15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2

Kids Definition

jag

1 of 2 noun

ˈjag 

: a sharp pointed part

jag

2 of 2 noun

: spree

a crying jag

Legal Definition

JAG

abbreviation

judge advocate general