shag
1rough, 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.
to make or become rough or shaggy.
Origin of shag
1Other words from shag
- shaglike, adjective
Other definitions for shag (2 of 5)
a small cormorant, Phalacrocorax aristotelis, of European coasts.
any of several small cormorants of the Southern Hemisphere.
Origin of shag
2Other definitions for shag (3 of 5)
to dance a step with a vigorous hopping on each foot.
this dance step.
Origin of shag
3Other definitions for shag (4 of 5)
Origin of shag
4Other definitions for shag (5 of 5)
to have sexual intercourse (with): He was caught shagging his friend’s sister.Sorry, but I don’t shag with just anyone.
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.
Origin of shag
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British Dictionary definitions for shag (1 of 3)
/ (ʃæɡ) /
a matted tangle, esp of hair, wool, etc
a napped fabric, usually a rough wool
shredded coarse tobacco
(tr) to make shaggy
Origin of shag
1British Dictionary definitions for shag (2 of 3)
/ (ʃæɡ) /
a cormorant, esp the green cormorant (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)
like a shag on a rock Australian slang abandoned and alone
Origin of shag
2British Dictionary definitions for shag (3 of 3)
/ (ʃæɡ) British slang /
to have sexual intercourse with (a person)
(tr often foll by out; usually passive) to exhaust; tire
an act of sexual intercourse
Origin of shag
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