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SHAGGING
SHAG
shag
(verb) dance the shag
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
shagging
present participle of shag
Noun
shagging (usually uncountable, plural shaggings)
(UK, vulgar, slang) An act (or acts) of sexual intercourse.
Adjective
shagging
(UK, vulgar, slang) Used to express dislike of or annoyance towards the thing mentioned.
I'm sick of this shagging job.
Source: Wiktionary
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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