Shag definition
An example of shag is a guy telling his friend he had shagged, had sex with, a girl.
An example of shag is the carpet most popular in the 1970s.
An example of a shag was Jennifer Aniston's hairstyle on the tv show Friends.
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Origin of shag
- Middle English shagge from Old English sceacga matted hair
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Perhaps from obsolete shag to shake, wiggle
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Perhaps from obsolete shag to shake
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Perhaps from its shaggy crest
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Origin unknown
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- 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 skæg, spelling before the writing reform of 1948: skjæg, Norwegian skjegg, Swedish skägg), from Old Norse skaga, to protrude.
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- Origin unknown. Possibly from "Shagal", Hebrew word found at De. 28:30 meaning "rape" or "violate".
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- Perhaps a derivative of Etymology 1, above, with reference to the bird's shaggy crest.
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