jag

Meanings

1. A sharp projection.
2. A part broken off; a fragment.
3. A flap, a tear in a clothing
4. A cleft or division.
5. A medical injection, a jab.
6. A thorn from a bush (see jaggerbush).
7. Ellipsis of jagoff (“an irritating, inept, or repugnant person”).

1. To cut unevenly.
2. To pierce with a sharp object.
3. To tease.

1. Enough liquor to make a person noticeably drunk; a skinful.
2. A binge or period of overindulgence; a spree.
3. A fit, spell, outburst.
4. A one-horse cart load, or, in modern times, a truck load, of hay or wood.
5. A leather bag or wallet; (in the plural) saddlebags.

1. A Jaguar car.

1. Acronym of judge advocate general.

Etymology

The noun is from late Middle English jagge, from Old English giagga, giacga. The ultimate origin could be sound-symbolic of sudden movement, compare with jam, rag and Middle English dag, of which jag may be a palatalised variant. The verb is from jaggen, from Old English giacgian.