stag

Stag means an adult male deer.

(noun)

An example of a stag is a deer with antlers.

The definition of stag is something that includes only males.

(adjective)

An example of something stag is a bachelor party, also called a “stag party.”

Stag is defined as doing something without a partner.

(verb)

An example of stag is going to a dance without a date.

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See stag in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun pl. stags or stag

  1. a full-grown male deer, esp. a hart or a caribou
  2. a male animal, esp. a hog, castrated in maturity
    1. a man who attends a social gathering unaccompanied by a woman
    2. a social gathering attended by men only

Origin: ME < OE stagga, akin to ON (andar)steggi, drake < IE base *stegh-, to stick, pierce

adjective

☆ for men only: a stag dinner

transitive verb stagged, stagging

Brit., Slang to observe or follow secretly or furtively; spy on

intransitive verb

☆ to go to a party, etc. as a stag (sense )

See stag in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. The adult male of various deer, especially the red deer.
  2. An animal, especially a pig, castrated after reaching sexual maturity.
  3. A person who attends a social gathering unaccompanied by a partner, especially a man who is unaccompanied by a woman.
  4. A social gathering for men only.
adjective
  1. Of or for men only: a stag party.
  2. Pornographic: stag films.
adverb
Unaccompanied: went to the dance stag.
intransitive verb stagged stagged, stag·ging, stags stags
To attend a social gathering unaccompanied by a partner. Used especially of men.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English stagge

Origin: , from Old English stagga; see stegh- in Indo-European roots

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