SHAG

shag

(noun) a lively dance step consisting of hopping on each foot in turn

fuck, fucking, screw, screwing, ass, nooky, nookie, piece of ass, piece of tail, roll in the hay, shag, shtup

(noun) slang for sexual intercourse

shag

(noun) a fabric with long coarse nap; “he bought a shag rug”

shag

(noun) a matted tangle of hair or fiber; “the dog’s woolly shag”

shag

(noun) a strong coarse tobacco that has been shredded

shag

(verb) dance the shag

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

shag (countable and uncountable, plural shags)

Matted material; rough massed hair, fibres etc.

Coarse shredded tobacco.

A type of rough carpet pile.

(UK, archaic) Bacon or fat, especially if with some remaining hair or bristles.

(UK, archaic) A roughly-cut or torn-off piece of bread or cheese.

Verb

shag (third-person singular simple present shags, present participle shagging, simple past and past participle shagged)

(transitive) To make hairy or shaggy; to roughen.

(intransitive, obsolete) To hang in shaggy clusters.

Adjective

shag (comparative more shag, superlative most shag)

(obsolete) Hairy; shaggy.

Etymology 2

Noun

shag (plural shags)

Several species of sea birds in the family Phalacrocoracidae (cormorant family), especially the common shag or European shag, Phalacrocorax aristotelis, found on European and African coasts.

Hypernyms

• sea bird

Hyponyms

• Auckland shag (Phalacrocorax colensoi)

• Bounty shag (Phalacrocorax ranfurlyi)

• Campbell shag (Phalacrocorax campbelli)

• Chatham shag (Phalacrocorax onslowi)

• Heard shag (Leucarbo nivalis, syn. Phalacrocorax atriceps nivalis)

• imperial shag (Leucocarbo atriceps, syn. Phalacrocorax atriceps)

• Kerguelen shag (Phalacrocorax verrucosus)

• king shag (Phalacrocorax carunculatus)

• Macquarie shag (Phalacrocorax purpurascens)

• Stewart Island shag (Phalacrocorax chalconotus)

Etymology 3

Verb

shag (third-person singular simple present shags, present participle shagging, simple past and past participle shagged)

(intransitive) To shake, wiggle around.

(transitive, vulgar slang) To have sexual intercourse with.

(intransitive, vulgar slang) To have sexual intercourse.

(Indian, transitive, vulgar slang) To masturbate.

To chase after; especially, to chase after and return (a ball) hit usually out of play.

To perform the dance called the shag.

Synonyms

• (to shake): jiggle, rock, tremble, wobble; see also shake

• (have sexual intercourse): bonk, go to bed with, sleep with; see also copulate with

• (to have sexual intercourse): do it, get it on, have sex; see also copulate

• (to masturbate): get it on, have sex; see also masturbate

Noun

shag (plural shags)

A swing dance.

(slang) An act of sexual intercourse.

(slang) A casual sexual partner.

Synonyms

• (act of sexual intercourse): see also copulation

• (casual sexual partner): see also casual sexual partner.

Etymology 4

Noun

shag (plural shags)

(Canada, Northwestern Ontario) A fundraising dance in honour of a couple engaged to be married.

Synonyms

• stag and doe, stag and doe party (Canada)

• social, wedding social (Canada)

Etymology 5

Noun

shag (plural shags)

(West Country) Friend; mate; buddy.

Synonyms

• See friend

Anagrams

• Gash, HAGS, gash, hags

Source: Wiktionary

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Shag, n. Etym: [AS. sceacga a bush of hair; akin to Icel. skegg the beard, Sw. skägg, Dan. skj. Cf. Schock of hair.]

1. Coarse hair or nap; rough, woolly hair. True Witney broadcloth, with its shag unshorn. Gay.

2. A kind of cloth having a long, coarse nap.

3. (Com.)

Definition: A kind of prepared tobacco cut fine.

4. (Zoöl.)

Definition: Any species of cormorant.

Shag, a.

Definition: Hairy; shaggy. Shak.

Shag, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shagged; p. pr. & vb. n. Shagging.]

Definition: To make hairy or shaggy; hence, to make rough. Shag the green zone that bounds the boreal skies. J. Barlow.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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