Sekirov Dictionary

shag

/ˈʃæɡ/

noun 12
verb 8
adjective 3
forms 5
phrases 1

noun12

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(slang, vulgar) An act of sex.
- “And feel free to come over anytime you'd like a drink and a shag. […] — 2010
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(slang, vulgar) A casual sexual partner.
- Lizzy is a shag extraordinaire, but has a tongue like a sailor and a castrating stare. — 1994
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Matted material; rough massed hair, fibres etc.
- Nor should it prove thy less important Care, / To chuse a proper Coat for Winter's Wear. / [...] / True Witney Broad-cloath with it's Shag unshorn, / Unpierc'd is in the lasting Tempest worn: [...] — 1716
A type of rough carpet pile.
[before a noun] A deliberately messy, shaggy hairstyle.
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Any of several species of sea birds in the family Phalacrocoracidae (cormorant family), especially a common shag or European shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis), found on European and African coasts.
- He ran back and picked up a dead bird that had fallen. It was not a duck but a shag. — 1941
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Coarse shredded tobacco.
- He was rather unshaven as well and smelt strongly of shag. — 1978
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(slang) Friend; mate; buddy.
- I was going down the stairs to get my bike when I ran into Jim Mudd coming up. "Alright shag?" he said like we were best mates. — 2010
A swing dance.
A fundraising dance in honour of a couple engaged to be married.
(UK, no longer used) Bacon or fat, especially if with some remaining hair or bristles.
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(UK, no longer used) A roughly-cut or torn-off piece of bread or cheese.
- But it is a braw elemental sphere this o' ours, for here's a good queich o' claret for ye, an' a shag o' butter-an'-bread. — 1830

verb8

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(slang, vulgar) To have sex with.
- Every time since has been a disaster. Our sex life always has been. After k.b.ing me for ages, she’d eventually let me shag her. — 1994
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(slang, vulgar) To have sex.
- I'm not pregnant! I have shagged and shagged and shagged and all the little bastards missed! — 2002
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(informal) To chase after; especially, to chase after and return (a ball) hit usually out of play.
- Chris is off somewhere in the darkness, but I'm not going to shag after him. — 1974
To perform the dance called the shag.
(slang, vulgar) To masturbate.
To shake, wiggle around.
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To make hairy or shaggy; to roughen.
- He saw the pine its daring mantle rear, / Break the rude blast, and mock the brumal year / Shag the green zone that bounds the boreal skies, / And bid all southern vegetation rise. — 1809
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(no longer used) To hang in shaggy clusters.
- And long curld locks that downe his shoulders shag — 1596

adjective3

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(Singapore, slang) Exhausted, worn out, extremely tired.
- I suppose they could not really blame us for feeling so shack after doing PT, drill and other boring lessons in the morning. — 1994
(Singapore, slang) Tough and exhausting.
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(no longer used) Hairy; shaggy.
- Son. Thou liest, thou shag-hair'd villain! — 1606

forms

shagged · shagging · shags · more shag · most shag

Phrases with shag

raise someone's shag
To anger or annoy someone.

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