Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jagger

/ˈd͡ʒæɡə(ɹ)/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.10 in modern English

Syllables: jag-ger
IPA: /ˈd͡ʒæɡə(ɹ)/

15

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

carrier, carter

noun

peddler, hawker

noun

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

noun

A toothed chisel.

noun

Synonym of jag (“thorn from a bush”).

noun

The offspring of a male jaguar and a female tiger.

name

A surname originating as an occupation.

name

A male given name transferred from the surname.

Example Sentences

"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."
"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."

Etymology

From jag + -er.

Inflected Forms

jaggers (plural)

Derived Forms

Jaggeresque Jaggerish

Synonyms

jag

Rhymes With

dagger swagger stagger mager pagar magar wagar bragger snagger agar cagr agr

Questions

How do you pronounce jagger?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈd͡ʒæɡə(ɹ)/.
What does jagger mean?: carrier, carter
Where does jagger come from?: From jag + -er.

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