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jag
noun- a period of time spent entirely focused on a single activity, often with the defining term prefixed US, 1913
- I is on a health jag now I due for release[.] — Jeremy Cameron, Brown Bread in Wengen, p. 109, 1999
- [V]ague feelings of paranoia and weirdness, irritability, loss of appetite, crying jags, a sudden compulsive desire to go to Yosemite National Park[.] — Carl Franz, The People’s Guide to Mexico, p. 254, 2002
- a drinking or drug binge US, 1892
- It was like waiting for the accentuated heat of your heart when you’re on a reefer jag[.] — Mezz Mezzrow, Really the Blues, p. 181, 1946
- It was past midnight, and Frank was coming out of the marijuana jag and feeling lousy. — Irving Shulman, The Amboy Dukes, p. 44, 1947
- When oral administration or intramuscular injection no longer provides a “jag,” he becomes a “main line shooter.” — Donald Wilson, My Six Convicts, p. 337, 1951
- They stood at the bar like two cats having a sip of something cold to dampen their dry jag, and ordered beer. — Chester Himes, Cotton Comes to Harlem, p. 129, 1965
- a state of alcohol or drug intoxication UK, 1678
- [T]aken two or three at one time with coffee, they gave a wonderful jag. The capsules were blue so we called them blue boys. After we got jagged we found no one would know what we were talking about when we said blue boys. — Chester Himes, Cast the First Stone, p. 247, 1952
- 300 jags seems kinda fantastic. — Clarence Cooper Jr., The Farm, p. 192, 1967
- an act of solvent abuse UK
- The child becomes dependent on a regular “jag”. — New Society, 20 June 1963
- a social engagement; a date IRELAND
- He has a jag with that girl tonight. — Seáen Beecher, A Dictionary of Cork Slang, p. 12, 1983
- “I’ll have to flake away”, says Tizzy. “I’ve a jag tonight.” — Gaye Shortland, Mind that ‘tis my Brother, p. 20, 1995
- a loner lacking social skills US
- — Washington Post, 14 October 1993
- a small load on a truck US
- — Montie Tak, Truck Talk, p. 91, 1971
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