Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who works draft-horses for hire.
  • noun One who carries a jag or wallet; a peddler.
  • noun The rough projection raised by nicking a piece of metal with a chisel; a jag.
  • noun One who or that which jags. Specifically
  • noun A little wheel with a jagged or notched edge, set in a handle, and used in ornamenting pastry, etc. Also called jagging-iron.
  • noun A toothed chisel.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Scot. One who carries about a small load; a peddler. See 2d jag.
  • noun a jagging iron used for crimping pies, cakes, etc.
  • noun A toothed chisel. See jag, v. t.
  • noun a spring beneath a seat, and resting on cleats or blocks in the body of a vehicle.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun One who carries about a small load; a peddler.
  • noun A jagging iron used for crimping pies, cakes, etc.
  • noun A toothed chisel.
  • noun An offspring of a male jaguar and a female tiger

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun English rock star (born in 1943)

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  • “My mother called whiskey 'jagger' -- I don't know why.” --from the Examples.

    March 16, 2013