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jagger

noun
/ˈd͡ʒæɡə(ɹ)/

Etymology

Occupational surname from Yorkshire, jagger (“peddler”). The modern given name use is partly after Mick Jagger.

  1. derived from dag
  2. inherited from giagga
  3. inherited from jagge
  4. suffixed as jagger — “jag + er”

Definitions

  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.

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

  4. ›+ 5 more definitions

    1. A toothed chisel.

    2. 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- , 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.

    3. The offspring of a male jaguar and a female tiger.

    4. A surname originating as an occupation.

    5. A male given name transferred from the surname.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA