jag, v.³ — Green’s Dictionary of Slang

jag v.³

[? dial. jag, a journey; but note dial. jag, to tear roughly, i.e. the gossips ‘tear someone to pieces’]

(N.Z.) to pay a social call.

2003

McGill Reed Dict. of N.Z. Sl. 115: jagging Social visit, perhaps combining ‘gad’, gossip and ‘jag’, a spree.

go jagging (v.)

(Aus./N.Z.) to go visiting for the purpose of exchanging gossip.

1941