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Princeton's WordNet

  1. hart, stagnoun

    a male deer, especially an adult male red deer

  2. stagverb

    adult male deer

  3. stagverb

    attend a dance or a party without a female companion

  4. denounce, tell on, betray, give away, rat, grass, shit, shop, snitch, stagverb

    give away information about somebody

    "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam"

  5. spy, stag, snoop, sleuthverb

    watch, observe, or inquire secretly

Wiktionary

  1. stagnoun

    An adult male deer.

  2. stagnoun

    A colt, or filly.

  3. stagnoun

    A romping girl.

  4. stagnoun

    An improperly or late castrated bull or ram – called also a bull seg. See the Note under ox.

  5. stagnoun

    An outside irregular dealer in stocks, who is not a member of the exchange.

  6. stagnoun

    One who applies for the allotment of shares in new projects, with a view to sell immediately at a premium, and not to hold the stock.

  7. stagnoun

    The European wren.

  8. stagnoun

    An unmarried male, a bachelor; a male not accompanying a female at a social event.

  9. stagnoun

    A social event for males held in honor of a groom on the eve of his wedding, attended by male friends of the groom, sometimes a fund-raiser.

    The stag will be held in the hotel's ballroom

  10. stagverb

    To act as a "stag", an irregular dealer in stocks.

  11. stagverb

    To watch; to dog, or keep track of.

  12. stagadverb

    Of a man, attending a formal social function without a date.

    My brother went stag to prom because he couldn't find a date.

  13. Etymology: From steg, stagge, from stagga, stacga and steggi, steggr, both from staggijô, from stegʰ-. Cognate with steggi, steggur and shtagë. Related to staggard, staggon.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Stagnoun

    The male red deer; the male of the hind.

    To the place a poor sequestred stag,
    That from the hunter’s aim had ta’en a hurt,
    Did come to languish. William Shakespeare, As you like it.

    The swift stag from under ground
    Bore up his branching head. John Milton.

    Th’ inhabitants of seas and skies shall change,
    And fish on shore, and stags in air shall range. Dryden.

    The stag
    Hears his own feet, and thinks they sound like more,
    And fears his hind legs will o’ertake his fore. Alexander Pope.

Wikipedia

  1. STAG

    STAG: A Test of Love is a reality TV show hosted by Tommy Habeeb. Each episode profiles an engaged couple a week or two before their wedding. The cameras then follow the groom on his bachelor party. The next day, Habeeb shows a highlight tape to the groom's fiancée to get her reaction. The show is produced by Tommy Habeeb Enterprises and distributed by American Television Distribution.

ChatGPT

  1. stag

    A stag typically refers to an adult male deer. However, it can also refer to a person who attends a gathering, like a party or a dance, without a partner or to an unaccompanied man or one without a female partner at a social event. In financial terms, it refers to a speculator who buys stocks in a new issue in anticipation of a price increase when trading begins.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Stagnoun

    the adult male of the red deer (Cervus elaphus), a large European species closely related to the American elk, or wapiti

  2. Stagnoun

    the male of certain other species of large deer

  3. Stagnoun

    a colt, or filly; also, a romping girl

  4. Stagnoun

    a castrated bull; -- called also bull stag, and bull seg. See the Note under Ox

  5. Stagnoun

    an outside irregular dealer in stocks, who is not a member of the exchange

  6. Stagnoun

    one who applies for the allotment of shares in new projects, with a view to sell immediately at a premium, and not to hold the stock

  7. Stagnoun

    the European wren

  8. Stagverb

    to act as a "stag", or irregular dealer in stocks

  9. Stagverb

    to watch; to dog, or keep track of

  10. Etymology: [Icel. steggr the male of several animals; or a doubtful AS. stagga. Cf. Steg.]

Wikidata

  1. Stag

    Stag is the eighth album by Melvins, which was released in 1996 through Atlantic Records.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Stag

    stag, n. the male deer, esp. one of the red deer:—fem. Hind: a speculator who applies for shares or stock in new concerns quoted at a premium, hoping to obtain an allotment and secure a profit without holding the stock, one who sells new securities quoted at a premium before allotment.—v.t. to follow, to dog, to shadow.—v.i. to act as a stag on the stock-exchange.—ns. Stag′-bee′tle, a genus of Lamellicorn beetles, nearly allied to the Scarabees, the males with large projecting mandibles; Stag′-dance, -part′y, a dance or party of men only; Stag′hound, a name applied both to the buck-hound and the Scottish deer-hound. [Ice. steggr, a male animal, stiga, to mount.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. stag

    A name given to a rock that should be watched for, as off the Lizard, Castlehaven, &c.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of STAG in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of STAG in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of STAG in a Sentence

  1. Heather Lydia Thornhill:

    I love you like an angel riding a stag, you are my euphoric eye. When I hold you all the gods of love and angels hold you too. And your empathy of choices you make grow so difficult you have to rely on your heart and feel it.

  2. Tom Martin:

    We asked them what they were doing for their stag and hen dos, meghan said, ‘I’m not sure — it’s sorted but it will be fun.’ Another woman shared a video of Markle complimenting her pink nails while greeting the crowd.

  3. Joe Ariyaratnman:

    Stag had delivered a strong production performance over the life of the field but it was now mature and no longer core to the company's strategy.

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