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fag

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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.

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

fag 2  (fg)
n. Slang
A cigarette.

[Short for fag end.]

fag 3  (fg)
n. Offensive Slang
Used as a disparaging term for a homosexual man.

[Short for faggot.]

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]

fag 2
Noun
Slang a cigarette [origin unknown]

fag 3
Noun
Offensive slang, chiefly US & Canad short for faggot2
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.fagfag - offensive term for an openly homosexual man
derogation, disparagement, depreciation - a communication that belittles somebody or something
gay man, shirtlifter - a homosexual man
2.fagfag - finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking
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
Verb1.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.fagfag - work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long"
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.fagfag - exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress; "We wore ourselves out on this hike"
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

fag [fæg] n (Brit) (inf) (= cigarette); clope f: (= chore);
what a fag! → quelle corvée!;
(US) (inf) (= homosexual); pédé m

fag [fæg] n (Brit) (inf) (cigarette) → Glimmstängel m;
(000) (000) (chore) → Schinderei f (inf)Plackerei f (inf);
(US) (inf) (homosexual) → Schwule(r) m

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

fag
n fag [fӕg]
1 hard or boring work It was a real fag to clean the whole house. geswoeg, gesloof, moeite كَدْح، عَمَل مُمِل وصَعْب ангария dřina slid; slavearbejde die Schinderei αγγαρεία faena, lata vaev کار خسته کننده rääkki corvée עֲבוֹדָה מְיַיגַעַת कठिन एवं थकाने वाला काम mučan posao robot kerja berat strit, puð faticata 骨折り仕事 남자 동성 연애자 didžiulis sunkus darbas nogurdinošs/apnicīgs darbs kerja berat corvee slit, slavearbeid harówka chatice ţigară волынка drina garanje težak posao slitgöra, knog งานที่ยากลำบากหรือน่าเบื่อหน่าย zor iş 累人的活 важка, виснажлива робота محنت طلب اور بے لطف کام công việc mệt nhọc 累人的
2 a slang word for a cigarette I'm dying for a fag. sigaret سيجارَه باللغه العامِيَّه фас retka, cigareta smøg; cigaret der Glimmstengel τσιγάρο (λαϊκ.) pitillo, cigarro pläru سیگار rööki cigarette סִגָריָה सिगरेट cigareta cigi rokok (síga)retta sigaretta 巻きたばこ 단조롭고 힘든 일 dūmas, užtraukti dūmą cigarete rokok sigaret sigarett, røyk ćmik cigarro/paivante (outra mais moderna?) сигарета ciga (cigareta) čik pljuga cigg, tagg บุหรี่ (คำไม่เป็นทางการ) sigara 香煙 цигарка سگریٹ کے لیے عام لفظ thuốc lá
n fag-end
the small, useless piece of a cigarette that remains after it has been smoked The ashtray was full of fag-ends; the fag-end of the conversation. stompie بِقِيَّه، عَقب السيجاره، حُثالَه угарка špaček; zbytek skod; slutning das Ende, die Kippe απομεινάρι, αποτσίγαρο colilla koni ته مانده tumppi mégot בְּדָל סִיגָריָה सबसे अंतिम एवं तुच्छ भाग, सिगरेट का टुकड़ा, वस्त्र का सिरा ostatak (cigarette) (cigaretta)csikk puntung (sígarettu)stubbur mozzicone, cicca 吸いがら 꽁초; 끝 부분 nuorūka sarunas beigas puntung peuk sigarettstump pet ponta de cigarro окурок; конец (чего-л.) ohorok; koniec ogorek opušak fimp, sluttamp ก้นบุหรี่ izmarit 煙頭 недокурок سگریٹ کا بچا ہوا ٹکڑا mẩu thuốc lá còn lại sau khi hút
fagged out
very tired I'm completely fagged out after that long walk. uitgeput, pootuit مُرهَق، مُتْعَب جدا изтощен utahaný, vyčerpaný udkørt erschöpft ξεθεωμένος agotado, hecho polvo, molido äravaevatud بسیار خسته rättiväsynyt crevé תָּשוּש बहुत थका हुआ izmoren, iscrpljen kimerült lelah dauðþreyttur stremato へとへとである 지친, 녹초가 된 nusivaręs nuo koto pārguris letih doodmoe utmattet, utkjørt skonany exausto rupt de oboseală вымотанный vyčerpaný na smrt utrujen iscrpljen utsjasad, utpumpad เหนื่อยมาก çok yorgun 非常疲倦 знесилений بہت تھکا ہوا kiệt sức 非常


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On the instant, out of the profound of my brain- fag, I knew what I wanted.
Lucy returned to the stage for her scenes in the second act (the last in which she appears) with Sir Lucius and Fag.
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