jagged

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

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• Rhymes: -æɡɪd

jagged (comparative jaggeder, superlative jaggedest)

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

   Synonyms: serrated; see also Thesaurus:notched

   • 1951 October, R. S. McNaught, “Lines of Approach”, in Railway Magazine, page 704:

     At last the first glimpse from a bridge of an open-top red bus, and a noticeable darkening of the atmosphere from the smoke of London: then the increasingly dingy stations with double-barrel names, set amid what has always been to me the outstanding feature of the "Premier Line" approach to London—the positively marvellous display of crazy chimney-pots on the grey inner suburban houses. As many as twenty, all of varying style, standing together like ranks of jagged teeth, and providing a Dickensian back-cloth which no other route can boast.

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

• jagged array

• AHD: jăgd, IPA^(key): /d͡ʒæɡd/

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• Rhymes: -æɡd

jagged

1. simple past and past participle of jag