jag1
v.
(jags, jagging, jagged)
stab, pierce, or prick.
n.
- a sharp projection.
- chiefly Scottish an injection.
Derivative
Etymology
ME: perh. symbolic of sudden movement or unevenness (cf. jam1 and rag1).
jag2
n.
- informal, chiefly N. Amer. a bout of unrestrained activity or emotion:
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a crying jag.
- dialect a bundle.
Etymology
C16 (in sense ‘a load of hay or wood’, later ‘as much alcohol as one can hold’): of unknown origin.
