1
a
: spree
a crying jag
b
: a state or feeling of exhilaration or intoxication usually induced by liquor
2
: a small load
jagged; jagging
1
: to cut indentations into
also
: to form teeth on (a saw) by cutting indentations
jagger
noun
judge advocate general
Examples of jag in a Sentence
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Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2025
That’s how music became the unofficial theme of our India jag and an enduring source of fascination for him.
—Ashlea Halpern, AFAR Media, 30 Apr. 2025
There’s the deep sea portion—the Davy Jones’ Locker realm where only top-secret missions and movie directors on submarine jags dare venture.
—IEEE Spectrum, 5 Dec. 2024
The guard said 'stand right here' and the Queen came by driving herself home from church in her jag [Jaguar car].
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
Trump appears to go on posting jags, sometimes well after midnight, rattling off Truths multiple times a minute.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 24 Sep. 2024
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
On Rogan, Cooper went on a jag essentially about how he was not given free rein to empathize with Nazis and how antisemites were being unfairly banished from the public square.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
The cast rattles off the snappy dialogue, jagged with tension and menace, in performances that wink just slyly enough at the wry, knowing way that the characters deploy—and embody—gangland stereotypes.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 28 Aug. 2025
Frimpong collected Dominik Szoboszlai’s floated pass downfield on the right hand side of the box, jagged in past the Palace defense and chipped the ball towards the far post, over the outstretched hands of goalkeeper Dean Henderson and into the net to score 20 minutes and 20 seconds into the game.
—Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2025
Image One too many questions about what life was like in the rock ’n’ roll house provokes a classic Cameron Winter good-natured sarcasm jag.
—Lizzy Goodman, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025
In the summer of 2023, William Brown was taking on credit card debt as the cost of his rent and groceries jagged up.
—Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Feb. 2025
In August, Scott appeared at a town hall in Charleston, the beginning of a campaign jag across his home state.
—Robert Samuels, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2023
The GOP impeachment jag alone may help swing some battleground districts to Democrats.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Sep. 2023
The slit was about eight feet wide, 60 feet high, and jagged all the way up.
—Fred Bear, Outdoor Life, 6 Apr. 2022
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Noun
The album is a hot mess of conflicted emotions, empty braggadocio, poor technique, and heartbreaking yet tiresome crying jags.
—Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2025
That’s how music became the unofficial theme of our India jag and an enduring source of fascination for him.
—Ashlea Halpern, AFAR Media, 30 Apr. 2025
There’s the deep sea portion—the Davy Jones’ Locker realm where only top-secret missions and movie directors on submarine jags dare venture.
—IEEE Spectrum, 5 Dec. 2024
The guard said 'stand right here' and the Queen came by driving herself home from church in her jag [Jaguar car].
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
Trump appears to go on posting jags, sometimes well after midnight, rattling off Truths multiple times a minute.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 24 Sep. 2024
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
On Rogan, Cooper went on a jag essentially about how he was not given free rein to empathize with Nazis and how antisemites were being unfairly banished from the public square.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Verb
That crashing sea, the shoreline jagged with black rock.
—Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
The cast rattles off the snappy dialogue, jagged with tension and menace, in performances that wink just slyly enough at the wry, knowing way that the characters deploy—and embody—gangland stereotypes.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 28 Aug. 2025
Frimpong collected Dominik Szoboszlai’s floated pass downfield on the right hand side of the box, jagged in past the Palace defense and chipped the ball towards the far post, over the outstretched hands of goalkeeper Dean Henderson and into the net to score 20 minutes and 20 seconds into the game.
—Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2025
Image One too many questions about what life was like in the rock ’n’ roll house provokes a classic Cameron Winter good-natured sarcasm jag.
—Lizzy Goodman, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025
In the summer of 2023, William Brown was taking on credit card debt as the cost of his rent and groceries jagged up.
—Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Feb. 2025
In August, Scott appeared at a town hall in Charleston, the beginning of a campaign jag across his home state.
—Robert Samuels, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2023
The GOP impeachment jag alone may help swing some battleground districts to Democrats.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Sep. 2023
The slit was about eight feet wide, 60 feet high, and jagged all the way up.
—Fred Bear, Outdoor Life, 6 Apr. 2022
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“Jag.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jag. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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