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stag

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

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

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