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
  • Indeed, some even view the market downturn as a natural return to a more balanced field following the high-flying peak TV buying sprees of global streamers.
    — Ed Meza, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Duolingo says Apple 'named a phone after me' Duolingo also went on a posting spree on X after the announcement.
    — Melina Khan, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of spree
Noun
  • ProPublica shared its analysis with more than a dozen maternal health experts, including leaders in the field, who were unaware of the spike; early pregnancy complications are chronically underresearched.
    — Andrea Suozzo, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026
  • In the months following Kirk’s death, Stevens said the free speech organization had a notable spike in professors reporting retaliation for their speech – both from university administration and lawmakers.
    — Angele Latham, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of spike
Noun
  • Devers continued his second-half power binge in the top of the first inning by blasting his 30th home run of the year, and rookie Turner Hill delivered a go-ahead, two-run pinch-hit double in the Giants’ 7-3 makeup game win in Atlanta on Monday.
    — Staff, Mercury News, 1 Sep. 2026
  • In May, the trade publication National Restaurant News reported that McDonald’s was embarking on a hiring binge this summer with a goal of 375,000 new workers nationwide.
    — David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of binge
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  • Many doves will land on a snag, look a field over and then trickle down.
    — Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 6 Sep. 2026
  • But the manufacturer hit an unfortunate snag early in the car’s production run that kept more than 100 Stingrays from ever hitting the road.
    — Caleb Jacobs, The Drive, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of snag
Noun
  • The Nike kit manufacturing deal now runs to 2038 following a renewal two years ago.
    — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Puck previously reported that Kimmel and the Disney TV network had entered into renewal talks.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of renewal
Noun
  • How does a sticker wall compare to DIY wallpaper and 3D panels?
    — Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 8 Sep. 2026
  • For someone who wants something cheaper, more personal and potentially much more chaotic, Bergstrom and Soucy proved that a sticker wall can make just as dramatic a transformation.
    — Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 8 Sep. 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
  • This came in response to a teammate’s barb in the locker room.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Two of the highest-ranking law enforcement officials in California are publicly sparring over the integrity of state elections, trading barbs on social media that highlight the fierce partisan divide on the issue heading into the November midterms.
    — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of barb

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