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jag | vase |

As an acronym jag

is (legal|military) judge advocate general.

As a noun vase is

vase.

jag

English

Etymology 1

The noun is from late (etyl) jagge, the verb is from jaggen.

Noun

(en noun)
  • A sharp projection.
  • * Holland
    • garments thus beset with long jags
  • A part broken off; a fragment.
    • (Bishop Hacket)
  • (botany) A cleft or division.
  • (Scotland) A medical injection.
    • Derived terms
    * (l)

    Verb

  • To cut unevenly.
  • (Pittsburgh) To tease.

    • Etymology 2

    Circa 1597; originally "load of broom or furze", variant of British English dialectal , of unknown origin.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A binge or period of overindulgence; a spree.
  • * 1939 , (Raymond Chandler), The Big Sleep , Penguin 2011, p. 88:
    • ‘People who spend their money for second-hand sex jags are as nervous as dowagers who can't find the rest-room.’
  • a one-horse cart load, or, in modern times, a truck load, of hay or wood.

    • See also

    * Jag * JAG

    Anagrams

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    vase

    English

    (wikipedia vase)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A container used mainly for displaying fresh, dried, or artificial flowers.

    • Anagrams

    * save ----