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Past tense of jag

regular verb

The past tense of jag is jagged. The past participle is also jagged.

Forms of jag

Base form (V1)jag /d͡ʒæɡ/
Past tense (V2)jagged /ˈd͡ʒæɡɪd/
Past participle (V3)jagged /ˈd͡ʒæɡɪd/
Present participlejagging
Third person singularjags

Jagged in a sentence

  • Jagged bolts of lightning javelined down from the sky, attempting to skewer him with their electrical touch.2010 March, Thomas E. Sniegoski, chapter 17, in Where Angels Fear to Tread (Remy Chandler; 3), New York, N.Y.: Roc, →ISBN, page 272. From the entry javelin
  • Hindwing with a mostly smooth-edged, ovalish, dark red patch, jagged only near front of wing.2008, Michael J. Samways, Dragonflies and Damselflies of South Africa, page 198. From the entry ovalish
  • Sky getting red, the edge of the quarry dark and jagged against it.2005, David Almond, chapter 10, in Clay, London: Hodder Literature, page 44. From the entry darken
  • The staggered effect of random building resulted in a crazyquilt of dead ends and narrow, jagged alleyways.2003, Loren W. Cooper, A Slow and Silent Stream, page 88. From the entry crazyquilt
  • A'a is thick, sticky lava which forms jagged, chunky rock when it cools.1999, A. Ganeri, Violent Volcanoes. From the entry a'a

Meaning of jag

  1. noun A sharp projection.
  2. noun A part broken off; a fragment.
  3. noun A flap, a tear in a clothing.

Full definition of jag

Questions about the past tense of jag

What is the past tense of jag?
The past tense of jag is jagged.
What is the past participle of jag?
The past participle of jag is jagged.
Is jag a regular or irregular verb?
Jag is a regular verb: its past tense doubles the last letter and adds -ed.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: jag (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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