jag

1. 1.

   cut teeth into; make a jagged cutting edge

   Broadercut

   Narrowerserrate

Other forms of jag

plural

jags·

past tense or participle

jagged

present participle

jagging

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about jag

What does jag mean?

jag means "a sharp projection on an edge or surface". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in jag?

jag has 1 syllable: jag.

What is another word for jag?

Close synonyms include dag. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is jag a common word?

jag is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.