Definitions for jaggedˈdʒæg ɪd

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

jag•gedˈdʒæg ɪd(adj.)

  1. raggedly notched; sharply irregular on the surface or at the borders.

  2. having a harsh, rough, or uneven quality.

Origin of jagged:

1400–50; see jag1, -ed2

jag′ged•ness(n.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. jagged, jaggy, scraggy(adj)

    having a sharply uneven surface or outline

    "the jagged outline of the crags"; "scraggy cliffs"

  2. erose, jagged, jaggy, notched, toothed(adj)

    having an irregularly notched or toothed margin as though gnawed

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. jagged(adjective)ˈdʒæg ɪd

    having sharp points

    the jagged edge of the broken glass

Wiktionary

  1. jagged(Adjective)

    Unevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut.

  2. jagged(Adjective)

    Having a rough quality.

  3. jagged(Adjective)

    Of an array, having a different cardinality in each dimension, such that a representation on paper would appear uneven.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Jagged(u)

    of Jag

  2. Jagged(adj)

    having jags; having rough, sharp notches, protuberances, or teeth; cleft; laciniate; divided; as, jagged rocks


Translations for jagged

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

jagged(adjective)

having rough or sharp and uneven edges

jagged rocks.

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