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Definition of Jaggy
1. Adjective. Having an irregularly notched or toothed margin as though gnawed.
2. Adjective. Having a sharply uneven surface or outline. "Scraggy cliffs"
Definition of Jaggy
1. a. Having jags; set with teeth; notched; uneven; as, jaggy teeth.
Definition of Jaggy
1. Adjective. jagged, toothed or serrated ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Jaggy
1. jagged [adj -GIER, -GIEST] - See also: jagged
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jaggy
Literary usage of Jaggy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Universal Songster: Or, Museum of Mirth: Forming the Most Complete (1834)
"jaggy, sweet jaggy, the joy of my life, Search all the worid round, ... jaggy 's
the lady, whenever she's ripe. For chewing tobacco, or smoking her pipe. ..."
2. Annual Report by Public Service Commission of Washington (1919)
"Between and Index Miles Stations Vancouver City Limits City Limits Falk 5 Falk
Stapleton 10 5 Stapleton Sparks 10 jaggy 10 10 Roney 10 Bonzo 15 ..."
3. The London Encyclopaedia, Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"His teeth stood jaggy in three dreadful row«. ... infinitely strained, 'hey
joyful "eave their jaggy salt« behind. ..."
4. The R.I. Schoolmaster by Rhode Island Commissioner of Public Schools (1864)
"... an event is an incident, and an incident is an event; jagged is jaggy, and
jaggy is jagged; astonishment is amazement, and amazement is astonishment; ..."
5. An English and Welsh Dictionary: Wherein, Not Only the Words, But Also, the by John Walters (1828)
"Ja?i;ed, or jaggy, a. [notched; full of notches, slits, or snips, \<-. ... See 1!
a Jail , or Newgate-bird, «я- rfer Bird. jaggy. ..."
6. The Odyssey of Homer by Homer (1853)
"... Six horrid necks she rears, and six terrific heads; Her jaws grin dreadful
with three rows of teeth; jaggy they stand, the gaping den of death; ..."
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