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jagged

UK/ˈd͡ʒæɡɪd/US/ˈd͡ʒæɡɪd/
adjectiveB2Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #10,178 of 15,258neutral

Jagged means with rough uneven points along an edge. A jagged edge, jagged rocks, jagged glass.

The unevenness is the point — a jagged edge is irregular where a serrated one is regular, which is the difference between broken and made. Of a line on a graph it means sharply up and down. Note jag, meaning a sharp projection; and that jagged has two syllables, JAG-id.

Definitions of jagged

  1. 1adjectivejaggedWith rough uneven points along an edge.B2

    “He cut his hand on the jagged edge of a broken bottle.”

    synonyms: ragged, serrated

jagged is a quality of edge.

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