jagged

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Southern England)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -æɡɪd

Adjective

jagged (comparative jaggeder, superlative jaggedest)

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

   Synonyms: serrated; see also Thesaurus:notched

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), schartig (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)

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)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• AHD: jăgd, IPA^(key): /d͡ʒæɡd/

• Audio (Southern England)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -æɡd

Verb

jagged

1. simple past and past participle of jag