jag

Meanings

Noun

• A sharp projection.
• A part broken off; a fragment.
• A cleft or division.
• A medical injection, a jab.
• Enough liquor to make a person noticeably drunk; a skinful.
• A binge or period of overindulgence; a spree.
• A fit, spell, outburst.
• A one-horse cart load, or, in modern times, a truck load, of hay or wood.
• A leather bag or wallet; saddlebags.

Verb

• To cut unevenly.
• To tease.

Origin

• The noun is from late Middle English jagge, the verb is from jaggen.
• Circa 1597; originally "load of broom or furze", variant of British English dialectal chag, from Old English ċeacga ("broom, furze"), from Proto-Germanic *kagô (compare dialectal German Kag, Swedish dialect kage, Norwegian dialect kage, of unknown origin.