Jag Definition

jăg

jagged, jagging, jags

noun

jags

A sharp, toothlike projection or similar indentation.

Webster's New World

A hanging flap along the edge of a garment.

American Heritage

A notch or pointed tear, as in cloth.

Webster's New World

A slash or slit in a garment exposing material of a different color.

American Heritage

An intoxicated condition due to liquor or drugs.

Webster's New World

Synonyms:

verb

jagged, jagging, jags

To cut jags in; notch or pink (cloth, etc.)

Webster's New World

To cut unevenly; tear raggedly.

Webster's New World

To jab sharply; prick.

American Heritage

(Pittsburgh) To tease.

Wiktionary

abbreviation

Judge Advocate General.

Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Jag

Singular:

jag

Plural:

Circa 1597; originally "load of broom or furze", variant of British English dialectal chag (“tree branch; branch of broom or furze”), from Old English ċeacga (“broom, furze”), from Proto-Germanic *kagô (compare dialectal German Kag (“stump, cabbage, stalk”), Swedish dialect kage (“stumps”), Norwegian dialect kage (“low bush”), of unknown origin.

From Wiktionary
The noun is from late Middle English jagge, the verb is from jaggen.

From Wiktionary
Middle English jagge

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Shortening of Jaguar.

From Wiktionary
Origin unknown

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition