jagger

jagger

See also: Jagger

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒæɡə(ɹ)/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -æɡə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

    From jag + -er.

    Noun

    jagger (plural jaggers)

    1. carrier, carter
    2. peddler, hawker
      • 1821, Sir Walter Scott, The Pirate:
        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. A toothed chisel.
    5. Synonym of jag (thorn from a bush).
      • 2011, Larry Enright, A King in a Court of Fools:
        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.

    References

    Etymology 2

    Blend of jaguar +‎ tiger.

    Noun

    jagger (plural jaggers)

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