jag

noun

Definition of jagnext
1
as in spree

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2
as in spike

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Recent Examples of jag 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 Bowyer was returning to California from a jag in Vegas. — David Amsden, Rolling Stone, 29 Aug. 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jag
  1. spree
  2. spike
  3. binge
  4. snag
  5. renewal
  6. sticker
  7. tine
  8. barb
Noun
  • Deputies said suspect Viviana Rocha carried out her alleged tire-slashing spree in the 5000 block of Verdugo Way on Wednesday morning.
    — Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Liverpool finished fifth last season, despite a club-record $565 million transfer spree during the 2025 summer window.
    — Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of spree
Noun
  • City Hall bars saw an increase in spending of 166%, while watering holes in the greater downtown area saw an 86% spike.
    — Mike Sullivan, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Impacts often include a boost of hurricanes in the Pacific basin and a spike in global temperatures, as well as droughts and flooding in many areas.
    — Doyle Rice, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of spike
Noun
  • The show nonetheless takes an unexpected direction that makes for an enjoyably low-key binge.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The result is that Deep Space Nine is the first of the pre-streaming era Trek shows that is perfect for binge-watching.
    — Chris Snellgrove, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of binge
Noun
  • Why Chess Can’t Do What This Hobby Does Cognitive training research keeps running into a snag psychologists call the far transfer problem.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Back up in his own end zone, Robinson blew past outside linebacker Azeez Ojulari, made the snag from Tagovailoa and jogged the rest of the way to the goal line.
    — Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of snag
Noun
  • As the renewal was pending, the company made a deal with the Greenland Airports authority to store equipment at the nearby Nerlerit Inaat Airport.
    — Jordan Blum, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The right mix of true and imagined can give the simplest of humane narratives — in this case, the possibility of renewal in an epidemic of hurt — a fresher chance to touch us.
    — Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of renewal
Noun
  • The sticker Leathers was referring to means the vessel has been inspected by the Coast Guard.
    — Lisa Rozner, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Police brought in DeLind to authenticate the work, which still had a sticker from his shop on it.
    — Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of sticker
Noun
  • Use a rake with short straight tines to pull up thatch from small areas.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 16 June 2026
  • It is also used like a rake, except that the goal is to dig down with the tines to pull up thatch and remove it.
    — David Beaulieu, The Spruce, 21 May 2026
Definition of tine
Noun
  • Shapiro and Owens have traded increasingly nasty barbs in recent months, with Shapiro attacking Owens over the conspiracy theories she’s promoted about Charlie Kirk’s assassination and Owens likewise punching back.
    — Andy Meek, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026
  • The two have repeatedly clashed over immigration, tariffs, taxes, crime, homelessness, wildfire recovery, transgender policies, and the role of the federal government, often trading barbs on social media and in public appearances.
    — Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of barb

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“Jag.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jag. Accessed 16 Aug. 2026.

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