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fag¹ Definition

fag (fag)

intransitive verb fagged, fag·ging

  1. to work hard and become very tired
  2. Brit., Informal to serve as a fag or servant

Etymology: < ? fag end

transitive verb

  1. to make tired by hard work
  2. Brit., Informal to employ (a boy) as a fag or servant

noun

  1. Brit., Informal
    1. hard, tiring work; drudgery
    2. fatigue; weariness
    3. a boy in an English public school who acts as a servant for another boy in a higher form, or class
    4. a menial worker; drudge
  2. Slang a male homosexual: a term of contempt and hostility

fag¹ Related Forms

faggy adjective

fag² Definition

fag (fag)

noun

Now Chiefly Brit., Informal a cigarette

Etymology: < fag end

fag Usage Examples

Converse of object

Followed by an intransitive particle

out: Why, I was as fagged out, then, as if I had been chopping wood all day.

Adjective modifier

Modifies a noun

Noun used with modifier

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