n.
Pronunciation: ' jag
Function: verb
Inflected Form: jagged ; jag · ging
Etymology: Middle English jaggen
Date: 15th century
transitive verb
1 chiefly dialect : PRICK , STAB
2 : to cut indentations into also : to form teeth on (a saw) by cutting indentations
intransitive verb
1 : PRICK , THRUST
2 : to move in jerks
– jag · ger noun