different between jagged vs jagger

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: j?'g?d, IPA^(key): /?d?æ??d/

Adjective

jagged (comparative jaggeder, superlative jaggedest)

1. Unevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut.

   Synonyms: serrated; see also Thesaurus:notched

2. Having a rough quality.

   Synonyms: scraggy; see also Thesaurus:rough

3. (computing) Of an array, having a different cardinality in each dimension, such that a representation on paper would appear uneven.

Translations

Pronunciation

• AHD: j?gd, IPA^(key): /d?æ?d/

Verb

jagged

1. simple past tense and past participle of jag

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?æ??(?)/
• Rhymes: -æ??(?)

Etymology 1

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. jag
   • 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.

Etymology 2

Blend of jaguar +? tiger

Noun

jagger (plural jaggers)

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