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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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shag ¹

Noun

1. coarse shredded tobacco

2. a matted tangle of hair or wool

Adjective

(of a carpet) having long thick woollen threads [Old English sceacga]

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shag ²

Noun

a kind of cormorant [special use of shag¹ (with reference to its crest)]

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shag ³

Verb

[shagging, shagged] Brit, Austral & NZ slang

1. Taboo to have sexual intercourse with (a person)

2. shagged out exhausted [origin unknown]

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"