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Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : jag
Phonetic Transcription : dʒæg



Definition of jagging

Origin :
  • "period of unrestrained activity," 1887, American English, perhaps via intermediate sense of "as much drink as a man can hold" (1670s), from earlier meaning "load of hay or wood" (1590s), of unknown origin. Used in U.S. colloquial speech from 1834 to mean "a quantity, a lot."
  • As in nick : noun chip, scratch
  • As in indent : verb make a space; push in slightly
  • As in knife : verb stab with pointed tool
  • As in lacerate : verb tear, cut; wound
  • As in notch : verb indent
  • As in pack : verb transport, carry
  • As in stab : verb puncture, pierce with sharp, pointed object
  • As in take : verb carry, transport; accompany
  • As in transport : verb move, transfer
  • As in haul : verb move, pull to another spot
Example sentences :
  • It has been known ever since as Goren's Dome, and a good-sized window, jagging the wall, admits one or two lookers at a time.
  • Extract from : « Idle Hour Stories » by Eugenia Dunlap Potts
  • Cut it into long slips with a jagging iron, or with a sharp knife, and twist them into various fantastic shapes.
  • Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
  • Then roll it out rather more than half an inch thick, and cut it into square cakes with a jagging iron or with a sharp knife.
  • Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
  • Or you may cut it out into separate cakes with a jagging iron, previous to baking.
  • Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
  • Roll thin, cut in oblong cakes with a jagging iron, or in any way to suit the fancy.
  • Extract from : « The Golden Age Cook Book » by Henrietta Latham Dwight
  • We are still in the age of the houppelande, the time of cut edges, jagging, big sleeves and trailing gowns.
  • Extract from : « English Costume » by Dion Clayton Calthrop
  • Then he was sorry for the pride of it, and he pulled it down on his face, and whistled to stop his nose from jagging.
  • Extract from : « The Lost Pibroch » by Neil Munro
  • Roll some of the crust very thin, cut it into narrow strips, with a jagging iron, and lay it on the pie in a fanciful manner.
  • Extract from : « The New England Cook Book, or Young Housekeeper's Guide » by Anonymous
  • So exquisite is the sensibility, that to touch a hair of the head or beard, is like the jagging of needles into the body.
  • Extract from : « Opium Eating » by Anonymous
  • She did it in broad strokes, painting the walls of our bedroom with her blood, jagging all night through rant after rant.
  • Extract from : « Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom » by Cory Doctorow

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