fag

fag ¹  (fg)

n.

1.

a. A student at a British public school who is required to perform menial tasks for a student in a higher class.

b. A drudge.

2. Chiefly British Fatiguing or tedious work; drudgery.

v. fagged, fag·ging, fags

v.intr.

1. To work to exhaustion; toil.

2. To function as the servant of another student in a British public school.

v.tr.

To exhaust; weary: Four hours on the tennis court fagged me out.

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[From fag, to droop (obsolete), perhaps from Middle English fagge; see fag end.]

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fag ²  (fg)

n. Slang

A cigarette.

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[Short for fag end.]

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fag ¹

Noun

1. Informal a boring or tiring task: weeding was a fag

2. Brit (esp. formerly) a young public school boy who performs menial chores for an older boy

Verb

[fagging, fagged]

Brit to do menial chores in a public school [origin unknown]

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fag ²

Noun

Slang a cigarette [origin unknown]

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fag ³

Noun

Offensive slang, chiefly US & Canad short for faggot²

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	fag - offensive term for an openly homosexual man faggot, fagot, nance, poof, poove, pouf, queer, fairy, pansy, queen derogation, disparagement, depreciation - a communication that belittles somebody or something gay man, shirtlifter - a homosexual man
	2.	fag - finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking cigaret, cigarette, coffin nail, butt cigarette butt - small part of a cigarette that is left after smoking cubeb cigarette, cubeb - a cigarette containing cubeb filter-tipped cigarette - a cigarette with a filter tip marijuana cigarette, reefer, spliff, joint, stick - marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking roll of tobacco, smoke - tobacco leaves that have been made into a cylinder
Verb	1.	fag - act as a servant for older boys, in British public schools wait on, attend to, assist, attend, serve - work for or be a servant to; "May I serve you?"; "She attends the old lady in the wheelchair"; "Can you wait on our table, please?"; "Is a salesperson assisting you?"; "The minister served the King for many years"
	2.	fag - work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long" drudge, labour, moil, toil, travail, labor, dig, grind do work, work - be employed; "Is your husband working again?"; "My wife never worked"; "Do you want to work after the age of 60?"; "She never did any work because she inherited a lot of money"; "She works as a waitress to put herself through college"
	3.	fag - exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress; "We wore ourselves out on this hike" fag out, wear down, wear out, wear upon, weary, tire out, fatigue, jade, outwear, tire, wear indispose - cause to feel unwell; "She was indisposed" exhaust, tucker, tucker out, wash up, beat - wear out completely; "This kind of work exhausts me"; "I'm beat"; "He was all washed up after the exam" overfatigue, overtire, overweary - tire excessively

Translations

fag [fæg] n (BRIT) (col) (= cigarette); pitillo (SP); cigarro;

(US) (col) (= homosexual); maricón m

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fag [fæg] n (Brit) (inf) (= cigarette); clope f: (= chore);

what a fag! → quelle corvée!;

(US) (inf) (= homosexual); pédé m

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fag [fæg] n (Brit) (inf) (cigarette) → Glimmstängel m;

(000) (000) (chore) → Schinderei f (inf) → Plackerei f (inf);

(US) (inf) (homosexual) → Schwule(r) m

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fag [fæg] n (BRIT ) (col) (= cigarette); cicca: (= chore); sfacchinata;

(US ) (col) (= homosexual); frocio