jagged

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• enPR: jă'gĭd, IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒæɡɪd/
• (weak vowel merger) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒæɡəd/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -æɡɪd

Adjective

jagged (comparative more jagged, superlative most jagged)

1. Unevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut.

   Synonyms: serrated; see also Thesaurus:notched

   • 1951 October, R. S. McNaught, “Lines of Approach”, in Railway Magazine, page 704:

     At last the first glimpse from a bridge of an open-top red bus, and a noticeable darkening of the atmosphere from the smoke of London: then the increasingly dingy stations with double-barrel names, set amid what has always been to me the outstanding feature of the "Premier Line" approach to London—the positively marvellous display of crazy chimney-pots on the grey inner suburban houses. As many as twenty, all of varying style, standing together like ranks of jagged teeth, and providing a Dickensian back-cloth which no other route can boast.

2. Having a rough quality.

   Synonyms: scraggy; see also Thesaurus:rough

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

   Synonym: ragged

Derived terms

• jagged array

Translations

unevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut

Bulgarian: съдран (bg) (sǎdran) Dutch: kartelig (nl), gekarteld (nl) Esperanto: dentata Finnish: rosoinen (fi), särmikäs (fi) French: dentelé (fr), anguleux (fr) Georgian: დაკბილული (daḳbiluli), კბილოვანი (ḳbilovani) German: zackig (de), schartig (de), kantig (de), grob (de), rissig (de), ausgefranst (de), gezackt (de), gezahnt (de), zerklüftet (de) Greek: Ancient: κάρχαρος (kárkharos) Italian: dentellato (it) Latin: lupātus Latvian: robots Maori: mākini Romanian: crestat (ro), zimțat (ro), dințat (ro) Russian: зазу́бренный (ru) (zazúbrennyj), зу́бчатый (ru) (zúbčatyj), изре́занный (ru) (izrézannyj) Spanish: dentado (es), mellado (es) Turkish: çentikli (tr), dişli (tr) Ukrainian: зазублений m (zazublenyj), зубчастий m (zubčastyj) Welsh: gylfog, bylchog (cy)

having a rough quality

Bulgarian: грапав (bg) (grapav), нащърбен (bg) (naštǎrben) Georgian: უხეში (uxeši) German: grob (de), kantig (de), rau (de), schroff (de) Persian: زبر (fa) (zebr) Romanian: brut (ro), aspru (ro) Russian: гру́бый (ru) (grúbyj) Spanish: áspero (es), basto (es) Turkish: pürüzlü (tr) Ukrainian: нерівний m (nerivnyj), кострубатий m (kostrubatyj) Welsh: bylchog (cy)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• AHD: jăgd, IPA^(key): /d͡ʒæɡd/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -æɡd

Verb

jagged

1. simple past and past participle of jag