shag

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Blue shag carpet.

noun

Shag is thick piled carpet or fabric.
An example of shag is the carpet most popular in the 1970s.
The definition of a shag is a haircut which is shorter in the front and longer in the back and has many layers to give a soft, messy look.
An example of a shag was Jennifer Aniston's hairstyle on the tv show Friends.

verb

To shag is a slang term meaning to have sex with someone.
An example of shag is a guy telling his friend he had shagged, had sex with, a girl.

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shag

Rare heavily matted wool or hair
a haircut, short in front and longer in back, with multiple layers cut so as to produce a stylishly unkempt look
1. a heavy, rough nap, as on some woolen cloth
2. cloth with such a nap
any disordered or tangled mass
coarse, shredded tobacco

Origin of shag

Middle English an unverified form shagge from Old English sceacga, rough hair, akin to Old Norse skegg, beard from Indo-European base an unverified form skek-, to spring forth from source shake, German schicken, to send

transitive verb

shagged, shag′ging

to make shaggy or rough

any of several cormorants, esp. an American double-crested species (Phalacrocorax auritus) or a European species (P. aristotelis)

Origin of shag

specialized use of shag with reference, refer to the bird's rough crest

transitive verb

shagged, shag′ging

to chase after and retrieve (baseballs hit in batting practice)

Origin of shag

from uncertain or unknown; perhaps

transitive verb

shagged, shag′ging

to have sexual intercourse with

an act of sexual intercourse

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shag

noun

A tangle or mass, especially of rough matted hair.
a. A coarse long nap, as on a woolen cloth.
b. Cloth having such a nap.
A rug with a thick rough pile.
Coarse shredded tobacco.

transitive verb

shagged, shag·ging, shags

To make shaggy; roughen.

Origin of shag

Middle English shagge from Old English sceacga matted hair

noun

A dance step of the 1930s consisting of a hop on each foot in turn.

intransitive verb

shagged, shag·ging, shags

To perform or execute this dance.

Origin of shag

Origin unknown

noun

Any of several cormorants, especially Phalacrocorax aristotelis of Europe and North Africa.

Origin of shag

Perhaps from its shaggy crest

transitive verb

shagged, shag·ging, shags

To chase and bring back; fetch.
Baseball To chase and catch (fly balls) in practice.

Origin of shag

Perhaps from obsolete shag to shake

verb

shagged, shag·ging, shags Chiefly British Vulgar Slang

verb

transitive

To engage in sexual intercourse with.

verb

intransitive

To engage in sexual intercourse.

Origin of shag

Perhaps from obsolete shag to shake, wiggle

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Noun

(plural shags)

Matted material; rough massed hair, fibres etc.
Coarse shredded tobacco.
A type of rough carpet pile.

Verb

(third-person singular simple present shags, present participle shagging, simple past and past participle shagged)

To make hairy or shaggy; to roughen.

Adjective

(comparative more shag, superlative most shag)

(obsolete) hairy; shaggy

Origin

From Middle English *schagge, from Old English sceacga (“hair"), from Proto-Germanic *skaggijÄ… (“beard, stem"), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kek-, *(s)keg- (“to jump, move, hurry"). Akin to Old Norse skegg, beard (compare Danish skÃ¦g, spelling before the writing reform of 1948: skjÃ¦g, Norwegian skjegg, Swedish skÃ¤gg), from Old Norse skaga, to protrude.

Noun

(plural shags)

Several species of sea birds in the family Phalacrocoracidae (cormorant family), especially the common shag or European shag, Phalacrocorax aristotelis, found on European and African coasts.

Origin

Perhaps a derivative of Etymology 1, above, with reference to the bird's shaggy crest.

Verb

(third-person singular simple present shags, present participle shagging, simple past and past participle shagged)

(intransitive) To shake, wiggle around.
(vulgar slang) To have sexual intercourse with.
(India, vulgar slang) To masturbate.
To chase after; especially : to chase after and return (a ball) hit usually out of play
To perform the dance called the shag.

Noun

(plural shags)

A swing dance.
(slang) An act of sexual intercourse.
(slang) A casual sexual partner.

Origin

Origin unknown. Possibly from "Shagal", Hebrew word found at De. 28:30 meaning "rape" or "violate".

Noun

(plural shags)

(Canada, Northwestern Ontario) A fundraising dance in honour of a couple engaged to be married.

Origin

Blend of shower (“bridal shower") and stag (“bachelor party").

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