jagnoun [ C ]
uk/dʒæɡ/us/dʒæɡ/US informal a short period when someone behaves in a particular way and finds it difficult to stop:
a crying/sneezing/coughing jag
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Short in time
- awhile
- be short notice idiom
- bit
- blitz
- brevity
- brief
- ephemeral
- evanescent
- fit
- flutter
- minute 1
- moment
- momentarily
- momentary
- msec
- quick
- sec
- shortish
- twinkling
- wee hours
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