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shag
1[ shag ]
noun
- rough, matted hair, wool, or the like.
- a mass of this.
- a hairdo in which hair is cut in slightly uneven, overlapping layers downward from the crown, sometimes with the hair at the front and back hairlines left longer or wispier than the rest.
- a cloth with a nap, as of silk or a heavy or rough woolen fabric.
- a rug or carpet with a thick, shaggy pile.
- a coarse tobacco cut into fine shreds.
verb (used with or without object)
- to make or become rough or shaggy.
shag
2[ shag ]
noun
- a small cormorant, Phalacrocorax aristotelis, of European coasts.
- any of several small cormorants of the Southern Hemisphere.
shag
3[ shag ]
verb (used without object)
- to dance a step with a vigorous hopping on each foot.
noun
- this dance step.
shag
4[ shag ]
shag
5[ shag ]
verb (used with or without object)
- to have sexual intercourse (with): Sorry, but I don’t shag with just anyone.
He was caught shagging his friend’s sister.
Sorry, but I don’t shag with just anyone.
noun
- an act or instance of sexual intercourse:
It’s been a while since I’ve had a shag.
- a sexual partner, or a person considered as a sexual object:
I bet she’d be a good shag.
shag
1/ ʃæɡ /
noun
- a cormorant, esp the green cormorant ( Phalacrocorax aristotelis )
- like a shag on a rock slang.abandoned and alone
shag
2/ ʃæɡ /
noun
- a matted tangle, esp of hair, wool, etc
- a napped fabric, usually a rough wool
- shredded coarse tobacco
verb
- tr to make shaggy
shag
3/ ʃæɡ /
verb
- to have sexual intercourse with (a person)
- troften foll byout; usually passive to exhaust; tire
noun
- an act of sexual intercourse
Usage
Other Words From
- shaglike adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of shag1
Origin of shag2
Origin of shag5
Word History and Origins
Origin of shag1
Origin of shag2
Origin of shag3
Idioms and Phrases
- shag ass, Slang: Vulgar. to depart, especially hurriedly; get going.
Example Sentences
For rugs, the vacuum base can adjust to five different heights that accommodate thick and thin carpets, including shag.
Without significant babysitting, a bumbling device can easily soak a shag by dragging its wet, dirty sponge into the wrong room.
Even when we’re taking batting practice and all the pitchers are shagging balls, she’s flying around catching balls.
He shagged loose balls, set screens and helped chart analytics.
At any rate, as soon as Lady Clare reappeared in the meadow Shag's cup of bliss seemed to be full.
Lady Clare, seeing Shag killed by the blow which had been intended for herself, felt her blood run cold.
Led away by his sympathy Shag bent his head down toward her and thereby prevented her from rising.
It took Lady Clare several months to accustom Shag (for that was the colt's name) to her ways.
This was a privilege which Shag could not fail to appreciate, though she never offered to return the favor by clawing him.
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About This Word
What else does shag mean?
Shag means “to have sex” with someone in British slang.
Where does shag come from?
Shag is a much older slang term for “having sex” than you think. Evidence for the term dates back to the 1680s. It is probably related to the word shake. (Use your imagination for the connection.)
As a verb, shag means “to have sex” (e.g., I shagged her last night). By the 1780s, it evolved into a noun for the act of copulation itself (e.g., We had a shag in the barn).
Come the late 1960s, a sexually attractive person was described as a shag. This was often said of women, but also sometimes men (e.g., He was a good shag, but he’s not that bright).
Many people outside the UK learned shag thanks to the hit 1999 comedy film Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me starring Mike Myers. The title is a play on the James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me (1977).
Shag—describing something rough or matted, as in carpet—has a different root than the sexual shag. It is a 16th-century word, possibly from an Old English term for “rough, matted hair or wool.”
How is shag used in real life?
Referring to “sex” as shagging is closely associated with British slang.
When used as a verb, shag is conjugated just like any other English verb. As noted, shag can also be a noun describing the act of copulation or referring to someone as a sexual object.
The tone of shag is dirty and definitely informal, though not quite vulgar.
Note
This content is not meant to be a formal definition of this term. Rather, it is an informal summary that seeks to provide supplemental information and context important to know or keep in mind about the term’s history, meaning, and usage.
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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