jags

Meaning of jags

plural noun

a sharp projection.

verb, 3rd person present
  1. stab, pierce, or prick.
    she jagged herself in the mouth

late Middle English (in the sense ‘stab, pierce’): perhaps symbolic of sudden movement or unevenness (compare with jam1 and rag1).

plural noun
  1. a bout of unrestrained or excessive indulgence in alcohol or drugs, or in a particular emotion or activity.
    a thirty-five minute crying jag
  2. a bundle.
    a jag of hay

late 16th century (in jag2 (sense 2)): of unknown origin. In the late 18th century the sense was ‘portion, quantity’, later ‘as much alcohol as one can hold’, hence ‘a binge’. jag2 (sense 1) dates from the early 20th century.

plural noun
  1. a Jaguar car.
    an E-type Jag

1950s: abbreviation.

abbreviation, plural noun

Judge Advocate General.

Information about jags

  • The singular form of jags is: jag.
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Hyphenation of jags

jags

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
  • jags is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

jags synonyms

Meaning the tapered, sharp end of a tool, weapon, or other object:

point

Meaning a sharp, angular, or jagged projection:

snag

Meaning a sharp projection near the end of an arrow, fish hook, or similar object, which is angled away from the main point so as to make extraction difficult:

barb

Meaning a stiff, sharp-pointed woody projection on the stem or other part of a plant:

thorn

Meaning each of a set of hard, bony enamel-coated structures in the jaws of most vertebrates, used for biting and chewing:

tooth

Meaning a device with a small spike or a spiked wheel that is worn on a rider's heel and used for urging a horse forward:

spur

Words that rhyme with jags

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