Definitions for SHAGʃæg
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
shagʃæg(n.; v.)shagged, shag•ging.
(n.)rough, matted hair, wool, or the like.
a mass of this.
a hairstyle in which the hair is cut in layers downward from the crown.
Category: Clothing
a long, thick pile or nap.
Category: Textiles
a rug or carpet with a thick, shaggy pile.
Category: Common Vocabulary, Textiles
a coarse tobacco cut into fine shreds.
(v.i.)to make or become rough or shaggy.
Origin of shag:
bef. 1050; OE sceacga (wooly) hair; c. ON skegg beard
shagʃæg(n.)
any of several small cormorants, esp. Phalacrocoraxaristotelis, of European coasts.
Category: Ornithology
Origin of shag:
1560–70; perh. identical with shag1
shagʃæg(v.t.)shagged, shag•ging.
to chase or follow after; pursue.
to go after and bring back; fetch.
to retrieve and throw back (fly balls) in batting practice.
Category: Sport
Origin of shag:
1910–15,Amer.; orig. uncert.
Princeton's WordNet
shag(noun)
a strong coarse tobacco that has been shredded
shag(noun)
a matted tangle of hair or fiber
"the dog's woolly shag"
shag(noun)
a fabric with long coarse nap
"he bought a shag rug"
fuck, fucking, screw, screwing, ass, nooky, nookie, piece of ass, piece of tail, roll in the hay, shag, shtup(noun)
slang for sexual intercourse
shag(verb)
a lively dance step consisting of hopping on each foot in turn
shag(verb)
dance the shag
Wiktionary
shag(Noun)
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.
shag(Noun)
A swing dance.
shag(Noun)
An act of sexual intercourse.
shag
A sexual partner
shag(Verb)
To shake, wiggle around.
shag(Verb)
To have sexual intercourse with.
shag
To masturbate.
shag
To chase after; especially : to chase after and return (a ball) hit usually out of play
shag(Noun)
A fundraising dance in honour of a couple engaged to be married.
Origin: 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.
Webster Dictionary
Shag(noun)
coarse hair or nap; rough, woolly hair
Shag(noun)
a kind of cloth having a long, coarse nap
Shag(noun)
a kind of prepared tobacco cut fine
Shag(noun)
any species of cormorant
Shag(adj)
hairy; shaggy
Shag(verb)
to make hairy or shaggy; hence, to make rough
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