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Definition: Jag |
JagNoun1. A sharp projection on an edge or surface; "he clutched a jag of the rock". 2. A slit in a garment that exposes material of a different color underneath; used in Renaissance clothing. 3. A flap along the edge of a garment; used in medieval clothing. 4. A bout of drinking or drug taking. Verb1. Cut teeth into; make a jagged cutting edge. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "jag" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1798. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
19th Century Satire | From the Spanish word zaga, meaning a load packed on the outside of a van. In America the load is packed on the inside of a man. Source: Foolish Dictionary, 1904. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The ensemble cast centers on United States Navy Commander Harmon "Harm" Rabb, Jr., played by David James Elliott, and United States Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel Sarah "Mac" MacKenzie, played by Catherine Bell. Their obvious attraction to each other, which must not be allowed to interfere with their professional relationship, is a long-running thematic element.
Other members of the cast include Lieutenant Bud Roberts, played by Patrick Labyorteaux, a junior lawyer, and his wife, Lieutenant Harriett Sims, played by Karri Turner, the administrative aide who holds the office together. Bud's clumsiness, both physical and verbal, and geeky interests (he's a Trekkie, fascinated by the paranormal, and a computer nerd), together with his wife's maternal nature, are a frequent source of comedy relief. The Judge Advocate General himself, Rear Admiral (Upper Half) A.J. Chegwidden, is played by John M. Jackson.
Recurring minor characters include Gunnery Sergeant Victor Galindez (Randy Vasquez), Yeoman First Class Jason Tiner (Chuck Carrington), Royal Australian Navy Commander Mic Brumby (Trevor Goddard), Congresswoman Bobbi Latham (Anne-Marie Johnson), and others.
JAG is a popular show among military personnel and veterans because of its more-accurate-than-usual depiction of military life and the value its stories place on the virtues of integrity, loyalty, and leadership.
See the List of JAG episodes.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "JAG."
Synonym: JagSynonym: dag (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Contents | Noun: contents; cargo, lading, freight, shipment, load, bale, burden, jag; cartload, shipload; cup of, basket of; (receptacle) of; inside.; stuffing, ullage. |
Drunkenness | Verb: get drunk, be drunk; Adjective: see double; take a drop too much, take a glass too much; drink; tipple, tope, booze, bouse, guzzle, swill, soak, sot, bum, besot, have a jag on, have a buzz on, lush, bib, swig, carouse; sacrifice at the shrine of Bacchus; take to drinking; drink hard, drink deep, drink like a fish; have one's swill, drain the cup, splice the main brace, take a hair of the dog that bit you. |
Notch | Verb: notch, nick, cut, dent, indent, jag, scarify, scotch, crimp, scallop, scollop, crenulate, vandyke. |
Embrasure, battlement, machicolation; saw, tooth, crenelle, scallop, scollop, vandyke; depression; jag. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Jag |
| English words defined with "jag": Jagg, Jagging. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "jag": ABSINTHE ♦ Zigzag. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Jag" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Afrikaan (yacht), Swedish (I, me, self). |
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Screenplays | Tallroth hur tycker du jag ser ut i kronans klder? (Repmnad; writing credit: Bo Jonsson; Lars Molin) I get the bird's eye view up here, you get the bucket seats in the Jag. (The Equalizer; writing credit: Grenville Casey; Loraine Despres) Jo det ska jag tala om för dig, det r ditt fel och det r Vanhedens fel och det r ditt snasktande missfoster till mans s' fel! (Varning fr Jnssonligan; writing credit: Henning Bahs; Erik Balling) | |
Lyrics | Blew the back end out this lady's Jag, started blackin out (Murder Murder (Remix) *; performing artist: Eminem) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Man Jeete Jag Jeet (1973) Jag heter Stelios (1972) Bombi Bitt och jag (1968) II - äktenskapet Jag en kvinna (1968) Jag talar om Jerusalem (1968) | |
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Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | ZIGZAG, v.t. To move forward uncertainly, from side to side, as one carrying the white man's burden. (From zed, z, and jag, an Icelandic word of unknown meaning.) He zedjagged so uncomen wyde Thet non coude pas on eyder syde; So, to com saufly thruh, I been Constreynet for to doodge betwene. Munwele |
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| "Jag" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 88.00% of the time. "Jag" is used about 50 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 88% | 44 | 51,500 |
| Noun (proper) | 8% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Unclassified Items | 4% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 50 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "jag": crying jag ♦ go on a jag ♦ have a jag on ♦ Jag bolt. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "jag": Jag-shakti. | |
Ending with "jag": Body-in-the-jag, super-jag, water-jag. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
jag | 5,113 | dead jag star | 66 |
jag fan fiction | 367 | air force jag | 62 |
jag tv show | 316 | army jag | 62 |
jag suicide | 217 | garden jag rose | 61 |
jag tv | 203 | episode jag | 61 |
jag star | 169 | jag swim wear | 59 |
cbs jag | 164 | episode guide jag | 55 |
die jag star | 161 | dead found jag star | 54 |
jag tv series | 156 | fanfic jag | 53 |
goddard jag trevor | 121 | actor jag suicide | 51 |
actor jag | 118 | jag show television | 51 |
cast jag | 113 | jag trevor | 49 |
actor dead found jag | 109 | actor death jag | 43 |
death jag | 99 | jag lover | 40 |
actor die jag | 89 | jag show | 40 |
jag star suicide | 82 | goddard jag | 39 |
catherine bell jag | 73 | jag news | 38 |
death jag star | 70 | jag spoiler | 37 |
navy jag | 68 | jag panzer | 36 |
actor dead jag | 68 | commits jag star suicide | 32 |
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| Language | Translations for "jag"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | thep (bead, caustic, fidget, sharp, viperous), ngarkesë e vogël, kep (Cape, foreland, headland, horn, Ness, peak, point, promontory), dhëmbëzoj (Dent, engrail, indent, mill, notch, pink, skin over, tooth), dhëmbëz (barb, cog, Dent, denticle, dentil, merlon, Nock, notch, notching, pallet, tooth), barrë (burden, cart load, encumbrance, fardel, haul, load, onus, pannier, pregnancy, tax), çakërrqejf (mellow). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مزق (cut up, disrupt, fracture, lacerate, pull apart, pull to pieces, quarter, rend, rent, rip, rip apart, rive, rupture, sever, shred, tatter, tear, tear to pieces, tear up, unrip, unseam), نتوء حاد, نشوة (ecstasy, rapture, ravishment, rhapsody, swoon, trance, transport), حقنة (shot, squirt), تحرك مسرعا, سنن (cut one's teeth, indent), طعن (aspersion, impale, jab, knife, libel, pike, put a knife into smb., put off, recourse, remedy, slander, stab, strike, thrust, thrusting, transfix), طرب (glee, gleeful, gleesome, mirth, rapt, rapture), شق (chap, check, chink, cleavage, cleave, cleft, crack, cranny, crash, crevasse, crevice, cut, excavate, fissure, flaw, fracture, hew, hole, incise, incision, loophole, lump, nick, open, overture, part, rift, rip, rive, slash, slit, slot, snag, snip, spiracle, splinter, split, spring, tear, twist). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | съдирам (bark, clapperclaw, rend, rip, slate, split, tear), възбуда (agitation, animation, boiling, emotion, excitement, fume, inflammation, inquietude, lather, stir), остър издатък, наркотично състояние, нащърбявам (chip), назъбвам (notch, pink, tooth), напиване (fuddle, inebriation), зъбец (cam, claw, clutch, denticle, indent, indentation, merlon, prong, snap fastener, tooth, wiper), повишена емоционалност, повишена активност, пияно състояние (intoxication). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | zoubkovat (engrail, indenture), ostrý skalní útes. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | نوک (Apex, Ascendant, Barb, Bill, End, Head, Horn, Peak, Point, Ridge, Summit, Tip, Top, Vertex), ناهمواربریدن , چاک زدن (Rend), کنگره دارکردن (Mill), کنگره (Congress), سیخونک (Poke, Prick), سیخ'ک , خار (Barb, Bur, Burr, Goad, Prick, Teazle, Thorn), دندانه دارکردن (Cog, Indent, Tooth), دندانه (Cog, Dent, Leaf, Nick, Peg, Tine, Tooth), بریدگی (Cut, Gash, Hyphen, Notch, Rift), برامدگی تیز. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | pointe, piqûre (jab, jabbing), enfoncer (jab, jam), denteler, déchirer, déchiqueter, cuite. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | zacken (beak, conk, indentation, jagged peak, jags, peak, pink, point, prong, prongs, serrate, tooth), zacke (beak, conk, cusps, edge, jagged peak, peak, point, prong, summit, tine, tip, tooth), spitze (apex, barb, cusp, dig, dig (at), end, fineness, front, great, head, hit, holder, horn, in-group, keen, lace, lead, nib, peak, pike, pinnacle, point, pointed toe, shaft, Spike, spire, summit, surplus, tip, toe, too much, top, Van, vanguard, vertex, wild), schlitz (fly, placket, rip, slash, slit, slot, vent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πριονίζω (saw), προεξοχή (bulge, extrusion, hob, jute, knob, projection, prominence, prominency, protrusion, ramus, salience, saliency, salient), φορτίο (burden, cargo, freight, lading, load, onus, shipment), οδόντωμα (notch), οδοντώ (indent, scallop, scollop). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | לש ן (chatterbox, indent, sharpen, talker, tongue, whet), לחתוך (cut, gash, incise, intersect, scotch, sever, slash), לחרץ (slot), שן (claw, jaw, pawl, tooth), חריץ (crack, crevice, ditch, fissure, flute, fluting, groove, notch, rut, score, slit, slot), בליט" ח"". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | rovátkol (to channel, to gimp, to indent, to indenture, to jag, to mortice, to nick, to notch, to rifle, to slot), rovátka (chase, cut, gouge, groove, indent, nick, notch, notching, score, scotch, snick), kis teher, kicsipkéz (to scallop). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | menakik. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | tacca; indentare, sporgenza rocciosa, sporgenza (bulge, jut, overhang, projection, prominence, prominency, protrusion, protuberance, shoulder, snag), punta (bit, Cape, drill, end, headland, lace, peak, pinch, point, prick, prong, Spike, spire, summit, tang, tip, toe, top, touch), frastagliare (indent), dentellare (cog, indent, tooth). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 뾰쪽한 끝. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | cur agg ayn (nick, notch, score). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | tagg (barb), spiss, rangel. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | agjay recorte (cant, cutting, dide view, indent, indention, jagg, profile, silhouette, snip, snippet), recortar (chop, clip, cut out, hand back, indent, profile), ponta saliente (jagg, snag), mossa (dint, indentation, jagg), entalhe (cannelure, chase, croze, cutting, dent, fillister, furrow, gab, groove, hack, indent, indentation, indention, jagg, kerf, mortice, mortise, nick, slot, snick), entalhar (carve, chisel, dent, furrow, groove, hack, incise, indent, mortice, mortise, nick, notch, rabbet), dentear (dent, engrail, indent), dente (fang, grab, ivory, jagg, tappet), chanfrar (bevel, cant, chamfer, dent, groove, nick, notch, rabbet, scarf, splay). (various references) zimţa (mill), zimţ (cog, indent, tooth), zigzag (crinkum-crankum, fork, wobble, zigzag), tãia în zigzaguri, dinte (claw, cog, Dent, Fang, prong, spur, tooth, tusk), cresta (Dent, engrail, excise, Harrow, indent, Nick, notch, round, score, scotch, slash, snick, stripe, wound), şliţ (lug, slit), ţanc (crag). (various references) зубец (barb, claw, cog, fork, indentation, merlon, prong, serration, tine, tooth). (various references) zubac (cog, fang, spoke, sprocket, tine, tooth), napraviti zareze, izreckati, iskrzati (fray), dronjak (rag, screed, tatter), šiljak (cusp, nib, peak, spike, tip). (various references) raja (chap, crack, gash, Raja, rip, slice, sliver, split, tear). (various references) jack (gash, indentation, Jack), utsprång (brow, projection, protrusion, shoulder), udd (cusp, nib, point, prong, scallop, sting, tooth), tanda (indent, tooth), tag (clench, clutch, grasp, grip, hold, pull, purchase, stroke, take, tug), spritfest (bat, jagg), spets (apex, head, horn, lace, lacing, nib, peak, point, pomeranian, prod, Spitz, tine, tip, top), rus (ecstasy, intoxication, jagg, transport), hack (chip, hack, indentation, Nick, notch), göra taggig, göra jack i, fylla (booze, drunkenness, fill, fill in, fill up, heap, inspire, intoxicate, jagg, jam, line, possess, saturate, stock, strike, stuff, supply, write). (various references) ช่วงเวลาที่กำลังมึนเมา, ตั"ในลักษ"ะที่ไม่เรียบ, รอยขรุขระที่ขอบหรือผิว. (various references) sivri uç (cusp, point, prickle, prong, spica, Spike), sivri sivri kesmek, sarhoşluk (being drunk, crapulence, drunk, drunkenness, ebriety, grogginess, inebriation, inebriety, intoxication, souse), sarhoş eden içki, kafası iyi olma, içki alemi (bacchanal, bacchanalia, bacchanalian, bacchanals, binge, booze, carousal, drinking bout, drunk, souse, wassail), diş (clove, cog, dent-, dental, knurl, notch, odontic, tooth), çentik yapmak, çentik (chip, chippy, cutting, dint, hack, indent, indentation, kerf, knurl, notch, score, snick, tally). (various references) робити зазублини, шматувати, клапоть (clout), гострий виступ (cusp), зазублина (beard, chip, hack). (various references) mỏm nhọn, đầu nhọn. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Old High German | 500-1100 | zint. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "jag": jager, jagers, jagg, jaggaries, jaggary, jagged, jaggeder, jaggedest, jaggedly, jaggedness, jaggednesses, jagger, jaggeries, jaggers, jaggery, jaggheries, jagghery, jaggier, jaggiest, jagging, jaggs, jaggy, jagless, jagra, jagras, jags, jaguar, jaguarondi, jaguarondis, jaguars, jaguarundi, jaguarundis. (additional references) | |
Words containing "jag": majagua, majaguas. (additional references) | |
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"Jag" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aj, ajag, ajh, ja, jaa, jac, jad, jae, jaf, jaga, jagd, jage, jagir, jago, jagt, jagy, jaig, Jaji, Jajo, jamg, jang, jao, jaq, jarg, jat, jau, jav, jax, jeeg, jef, jego, jegy, jeig, Jeng, jerg, jev, jg, Jhang, jhg, jia, jiga, jigg, jigi, jigy, jim, jiq, jirg, Jka, jogg, jogi, jogl, jpa, jtag, jua, juag, juage, jugd, Jugi, jugo, jugy, jyg, qag, Uag. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-g-j" | |
-1 letter: ag. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-g-j" | |
+1 letter: jagg, jags, juga. | |
+2 letters: ajuga, ganja, jager, jaggs, jaggy, jagra, jugal. | |
+3 letters: ajugas, gaijin, ganjah, ganjas, jading, jaeger, jagers, jagged, jagger, jagras, jaguar, jangle, jangly, japing, jargon, jawing, jaygee, jigsaw, jingal, jugate, jugula, logjam. | |
+4 letters: adjudge, ganjahs, jabbing, jacking, jackleg, jaegers, jaggary, jaggers, jaggery, jaggier, jagging, jagless, jaguars, jailing, jambing, jamming, jangled, jangler, jangles, jargons, jargoon, jarring, jauking, jauping, jaygees, jazzing, jigaboo, jigsawn, jigsaws, jingall, jingals, jughead, jugular, logjams, mahjong, majagua. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4A 61 67 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001010 01100001 01100111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)J a g |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004A 0061 0067 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)446773 |
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