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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