shag 1
(shăg)n.1. A tangle or mass, especially of rough matted hair.
2. a. A coarse long nap, as on a woolen cloth.
b. Cloth having such a nap.
3. A rug with a thick rough pile.
4. Coarse shredded tobacco.
tr.v. shagged,
shag·ging,
shags To make shaggy; roughen.
[Middle English *shagge, from Old English sceacga, matted hair.]
shag 2
(shăg)n. A dance step of the 1930s consisting of a hop on each foot in turn.
intr.v. shagged,
shag·ging,
shags To perform or execute this dance.
[Origin unknown.]
shag 3
(shăg)n. Any of several cormorants, especially Phalacrocorax aristotelis of Europe and North Africa.
[Perhaps from its shaggy crest.]
shag 4
(shăg)tr.v. shagged,
shag·ging,
shags 1. To chase and bring back; fetch.
2. Baseball To chase and catch (fly balls) in practice.
[Perhaps from obsolete shag, to shake.]
shag 5
(shăg)v. shagged, shag·ging, shags Chiefly British Vulgar Slang
v.tr. To engage in sexual intercourse with.
v.intr. To engage in sexual intercourse.
[Perhaps from obsolete shag, to shake, wiggle.]
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shagged
(ʃæɡd) adjextremely tired; exhausted
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