fag
The definition of fag is to work hard.
(verb)An example of to fag is to work in the hot sun for 10 hours a day.
Fag is defined as hard work, a cigarette, or is a derogatory term for a homosexual man.
(noun)- An example of fag is working 14-hour long days.
- An example of a fag is what many people smoke.
- An example of a fag is an unkind name for a gay man.
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See fag in Webster's New World College Dictionary
intransitive verb fagged, fagging
- to work hard and become very tired
- Brit., Informal to serve as a fag or servant
Origin: < ? fag end
transitive verb
- to make tired by hard work
- Brit., Informal to employ (a boy) as a fag or servant
noun
- Brit., Informal
- hard, tiring work; drudgery
- fatigue; weariness
- a boy in an English public school who acts as a servant for another boy in a higher form, or class
- a menial worker; drudge
- ☆ Slang a male homosexual: a term of contempt and hostility
Related Forms:
- faggy adjective
noun
Now Chiefly Brit., Informal a cigarette
Origin: < fag end
See fag in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- a. A student at a British public school who is required to perform menial tasks for a student in a higher class.b. A drudge.
- Chiefly British Fatiguing or tedious work; drudgery.
- To work to exhaustion; toil.
- To function as the servant of another student in a British public school.
To exhaust; weary: Four hours on the tennis court fagged me out.
Origin:
Origin: From fag, to droop (obsolete)
Origin: , perhaps from Middle English fagge; see fag end
.noun
Slang
A cigarette.
Origin:
Origin: Short for fag end
.noun
Offensive Slang
Used as a disparaging term for a homosexual man.
Origin:
Origin: Short for faggot2
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