shag

shag ¹  (shg)

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.

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[Middle English *shagge, from Old English sceacga, matted hair.]

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shag ²  (shg)

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.

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[Origin unknown.]

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shag ³  (shg)

n.

Either of two marine birds (Phalacrocorax aristotelis or P. punctatus) of Europe and North Africa, related to the cormorant.

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[Perhaps from its shaggy crest.]

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shag ⁴  (shg)

tr.v. shagged, shag·ging, shags

1. To chase and bring back; fetch.

2. Baseball To chase and catch (fly balls) in practice.

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[Perhaps from obsolete shag, to shake.]

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shag ⁵  (shg)

v. shagged, shag·ging, shags Chiefly British Vulgar Slang

v.tr.

To engage in sexual intercourse with.

v.intr.

To engage in sexual intercourse.

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[Perhaps from obsolete shag, to shake, wiggle.]

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shag¹

n

1. a matted tangle, esp of hair, wool, etc.

2. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) a napped fabric, usually a rough wool

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) shredded coarse tobacco

vb shags, shagging, shagged

(tr) to make shaggy

[Old English sceacga; related to sceaga shaw¹, Old Norse skegg beard, skagi tip, skōgr forest]

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shag²

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) another name for the green cormorant (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)

like a shag on a rock Austral slang abandoned and alone

[special use of shag¹, with reference to its crest]

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shag³ Brit slang

vb shags, shagging, shagged

1. to have sexual intercourse with (a person)

2. (tr; often foll by out; usually passive) to exhaust; tire

n

an act of sexual intercourse

[of unknown origin]

Usage: Though still likely to cause offence to many older or more conservative people, this word has lost a lot of its shock value of late. It seems to have a jocular, relaxed connotation, which most of the other words in this field do not. No doubt its acceptability has been accelerated by its use in the title of an Austin Powers film. Interestingly, though advertisements for the film caused a large number of complaints to the British Advertising Standards Authority, they were not upheld

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	shag - a strong coarse tobacco that has been shredded baccy, tobacco - leaves of the tobacco plant dried and prepared for smoking or ingestion
	2.	shag - a matted tangle of hair or fiber; "the dog's woolly shag" tangle - a twisted and tangled mass that is highly interwoven; "they carved their way through the tangle of vines"
	3.	shag - a fabric with long coarse nap; "he bought a shag rug" cloth, fabric, textile, material - artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress" shag rug - a rug with long pile
	4.	shag - slang for sexual intercourse fuck, fucking, nookie, nooky, piece of ass, piece of tail, roll in the hay, screwing, shtup, ass, screw carnal knowledge, coition, coitus, sex act, sexual congress, sexual intercourse, sexual relation, copulation, intercourse, relation, congress - the act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman; the man's penis is inserted into the woman's vagina and excited until orgasm and ejaculation occur dirty word, vulgarism, obscenity, smut, filth - an offensive or indecent word or phrase jargon, lingo, patois, argot, vernacular, slang, cant - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo"
	5.	shag - a lively dance step consisting of hopping on each foot in turn social dancing - dancing as part of a social occasion
Verb	1.	shag - dance the shag trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe, dance - move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance; "My husband and I like to dance at home to the radio"

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shag (Brit. taboo slang)

verb

have sex with, sleep with, fuck (taboo slang), screw (taboo slang), have (taboo slang), lay (taboo slang), roger (taboo slang), bang (taboo slang), shaft (taboo slang), poke (taboo slang), lie with (archaic), hump (taboo slang), go to bed with, have sexual intercourse with, get it on with (informal), do the business with, fornicate with (archaic), have your way with He'd love to shag her. Moments later, they were shagging in the bathroom.

noun

screw (taboo slang), lay (taboo slang), fuck (taboo slang), rogering (taboo slang) a spy movie with car chases, a murder and a shag

Translations

shag¹ [ʃæg] N → tabaco m picado

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shag² [ʃæg] N (Orn) → cormorán m moñudo

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shag³ [ʃæg] (Brit)

A. N → polvo m
to have a shag > → echar un polvo

B. VT → joder

C. VI → joder

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shag⁴ [ʃæg] N (= carpet) → tripe m

shag [ˈʃæg]

n

(= cormorant) → cormoran m huppé

(British) (= sex) to have a shag → baiser >

vt (British) (= have sex with) → baiser avec >

vi (British) (= have sex) → baiser >

shag¹

n

(= tobacco) → Shag m

(of carpet etc) → Flor m; shag-pile carpet → langfloriger Teppich

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shag²

n (Orn) → Krähenscharbe f

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shag³ (Brit sl)

n (= intercourse, partner) → Nummer f (inf); to have a shag → eine Nummer machen (inf); shag buddy → Fickpartner(in) m(f) (vulg)

vt

(= have sex) → bumsen (inf)

to be shagged out → voll am Ende sein (sl)

vi → bumsen (inf)

shag [ʃæg]

1. n

a. (bird) → cormorano

b. (tobacco) → trinciato forte

2. adj shag pile rug/carpet → tappeto folto/moquette f inv folta

3. vt (Brit) (fam!) → scopare (fam!)

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shag [ʃæg]

1. n

a. (bird) → cormorano

b. (tobacco) → trinciato forte

2. adj shag pile rug/carpet → tappeto folto/moquette f inv folta

3. vt (Brit) (fam!) → scopare (fam!)