jagger

noun — 6 senses

jagger

noun

/ˈd͡ʒæɡə(ɹ)/

Etymology From jag + -er.

1

carrier, carter

2

peddler, hawker

  • The jagger, with those green, goggling, and gain-descrying kind of optics, which we have already described, continued gazing for an instant after the customer, who treated his wares with such irreverence.1821, Sir Walter Scott, The Pirate:
3

A jagging iron used for crimping pies, cakes, etc.

4

A toothed chisel.

5

Synonym of jag (“thorn from a bush”).

  • I don't know if you've ever gotten close to a jagger bush, but those stickers can be pretty mean.2011, Larry Enright, A King in a Court of Fools:
  • 2011- , Chris Preksta, Curt Wootton, Pittsburgh Dad: Everything Your Dad Has Said to You How about we play The Store is a jagger bush and you don't touch nothing.

jagger

noun

Etymology Blend of jaguar + tiger.

1

The offspring of a male jaguar and a female tiger.

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