SHAGGED

shagged, shaggy

(adjective) having a very rough nap or covered with hanging shags; “junipers with shagged trunks”; “shaggy rugs”

SHAG

shag

(verb) dance the shag

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Adjective

shagged (comparative more shagged, superlative most shagged)

(rare) Having or covered with shaggy hair.

(obsolete) Unkempt; clothed in rags; ragged.

(obsolete) Of garments and fabrics: having a rough or long nap.

Covered with scrub, trees, or rough or shaggy growth.

Jagged; having a rough, uneven surface.

Of hair: long; rough; shaggy.

Verb

shagged

simple past tense and past participle of shag

Etymology 2

Adjective

shagged (comparative more shagged, superlative most shagged)

(slang, vulgar) Extremely tired.

Synonyms

• See also fatigued

Source: Wiktionary


Shag"ged, a.

Definition: Shaggy; rough. Milton.

– Shag"ged*ness, n. Dr. H. More.

SHAG

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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Word of the Day

14 April 2025

FOCUS

(noun) maximum clarity or distinctness of an image rendered by an optical system; “in focus”; “out of focus”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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