jag
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- noun
- /dʒæɡ/
- NSFW
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- Remember how I used to go on those tequila jags?
So I was on this Jag of just crazy workaholism that left me very depleted.
- So I was on this Jag of just crazy workaholism that left me very depleted.
- I I have, I have Jags where I, I cook a lot and then I just order take out for months and months.
Examples
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We all know about the womanising and the drinking jags and the trips to San Berdoo.
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I'm on a jag, for pete's sakes.
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I need to seriously come down from the crying jag.
Blog text (21) -
But Tommy was on a jag.
Fiction book (1991) -
I was on one of my jags again.
Fiction book (1994) -
My ears are still plugged from my crying jag.
Blog text (18) -
You know, Scarlett, I think you're on the verge of a crying jag.
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I used to forego sugared products except for occasional splurges of chocolate, but after the death of my life mate/soul mate, I got on a sugar jag, eating all sorts of sweets I hadn't eaten for years.
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After a long week, he went on a jag of partying with friends that lasted all weekend.
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She often remembers the jag of drinking that caused her to miss an important meeting.
Synonyms
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A short time of doing something a lot, like eating or drinking
A period of heavy drinking and dangerous behavior lasting hours or days
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Etymology
The word jag for a period of heavy drinking can be remembered as a sudden, sharp 'burst' of behaviour. One helpful idea is to link this use to the same old sense behind jagged—a short, intense spike—so a drinking jag is a short, strong run of drinking.