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Grammar : Adj
Spell : jag-id
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒæg ɪd



Definition of jagged

Origin :
  • mid-15c., from verb jaggen (c.1400) "to pierce, slash, cut; to notch or nick; cut or tear unevenly," Scottish and northern English, of unknown origin. Originally of garments with regular "toothed" edges; meaning "with the edge irregularly cut" is from 1570s. Related: Jaggedly; jaggedness.
  • adj ragged, notched
Example sentences :
  • The joint is jagged in lamb, but smooth and round in mutton.
  • Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 3 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
  • At the third jump his hat flew off, disclosing the jagged end of a two-by-four.
  • Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
  • The bark is jagged by the slashes of venomous chassepot bullets.
  • Extract from : « Camps, Quarters and Casual Places » by Archibald Forbes
  • He took off his hat, and showed her where the brim had a jagged tear half an inch deep.
  • Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
  • The jagged recesses of the Mona valley were dark with shadow.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 » by Various
  • His eyes were small, quick, and watchful, beneath heavy and jagged brows.
  • Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine
  • My arms were cut from the jagged glassite, though I did not know it then.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930 » by Various
  • They tossed a bomb at the creature, and blew a jagged hole in his back.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 » by Various
  • He pulled out the jagged splinter, and bound the wound with his handkerchief.
  • Extract from : « Despair's Last Journey » by David Christie Murray
  • Premorse: as if bitten off: with a blunt or jagged termination.
  • Extract from : « Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology » by John. B. Smith

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