Definition of "jag" in English

noun

1. A sharp projection.

2. A part broken off; a fragment.

3. A flap, a tear in a clothing

4. (botany) A cleft or division.

5. (Scotland) A medical injection, a jab.

6. (Western Pennsylvania, dialectal) A thorn from a bush (see jaggerbush).

7. (Western Pennsylvania, dialectal, derogatory) Ellipsis of jagoff (“an irritating, inept, or repugnant person”).

verb

1. To cut unevenly.

2. (Western Pennsylvania) To tease.

noun

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. (Scotland, archaic) A leather bag or wallet; (in the plural) saddlebags.