Shag
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English
Noun
Shag (plural Shags)- Matted material; rough massed hair, fibres etc.
- Coarse shredded tobacco.
- A type of rough carpet pile.
Derived terms
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.
Derived terms
- Auckland shag (Phalacrocorax colensoi)
- Bounty shag (Phalacrocorax ranfurlyi)
- Campbell shag (Phalacrocorax campbelli)
- Chatham Shag (Phalacrocorax onslowi)
- Heard Shag (Phalacrocorax atriceps nivalis)
- Imperial Shag (Phalacrocorax atriceps)
- Kerguelen Shag (Phalacrocorax verrucosus)
- King Shag (Phalacrocorax carunculatus)
- Macquarie Shag (Phalacrocorax atriceps purpurascens)
- Stewart Island Shag (Phalacrocorax chalconotus)
Verb
Shag (third-person singular simple present Shags, present participle shagging, simple past and past participle shagged)
- (intransitive) To shake, wiggle around.
- (UK, transitive, vulgar slang) To have sexual intercourse with.
- To chase after; especially : to chase after and return (a ball) hit usually out of play
Noun
Shag (plural Shags)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, Ontario)
- social, wedding social (Canada, Prairies)
Thesaurus
Burley, Cuban, Havana, Havana seed, Latakia, Maryland, Russian, Turkish, Virginia, bright, bring, bring back, bristle, call for, canaster, capillament, chase after, cilium, coat, crop, feel, fetch, fetch and carry, finish, fleece, flue-cured, fur, get, go after, go and get, go fetch, go for, go get, go to get, grain, granular texture, hair, head, head of hair, horsehair, indentation, knub, leaf, locks, lugs, mane, mat, mop, nap, nub, obtain, pelt, pick up, pile, pit, plug tobacco, pock, procure, protuberance, pubescence, pubic hair, retrieve, run after, seconds, secure, setula, shock, structure, surface, surface texture, texture, thatch, tresses, wale, weave, woof, wool
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Old English sceacga, akin to Old Norse skegg, beard (compare Danish skæg, spelling before the writing reform of 1948: skjæg, Norwegian skjegg, Swedish skägg), from Old Norse skaga, to protrude.
Etymology 2
Perhaps a derivative of Etymology 1, above, with reference to the bird's shaggy crest.
Etymology 3
Origin unknown.
Etymology 4
Blend of shower (“bridal shower”) and stag (“bachelor party”).
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References
- “Shag” in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2004.
