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stag

  [stag] ,noun, verb, stagged, stag⋅ging, adjective, adverb
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–noun
1. an adult male deer.
2. the male of various other animals.
3. a man who attends a social gathering unaccompanied by a woman.
4. Informal. stag party.
5. a swine or bull castrated after maturation of the sex organs.
6. British. a speculator who buys securities of a new issue in the hope of selling them quickly at a higher price.
–verb (used without object)
7. Informal. (of a man) to attend a social function without a female companion.
–adjective
8. of or for men only: a stag dinner.
9. intended for male audiences and usually pornographic in content: a stag show.
–adverb
10. without a companion or date: to go stag to a dance.
Origin:
1150–1200; ME stagge; akin to ON steggi, steggr male bird (> E (north dial.) steg gander), Icel steggur male fox, tomcat

Related forms:
staglike, adjective
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stag   (stāg)   
n.  

  1. The adult male of various deer, especially the red deer.

  2. An animal, especially a pig, castrated after reaching sexual maturity.

  3. A person who attends a social gathering unaccompanied by a partner, especially a man who is unaccompanied by a woman.

  4. A social gathering for men only.

adj.  

  1. Of or for men only: a stag party.

  2. Pornographic: stag films.

adv.  Unaccompanied: went to the dance stag.
intr.v.   stagged, stag·ging, stags
To attend a social gathering unaccompanied by a partner. Used especially of men.

[Middle English stagge, from Old English stagga; see stegh- in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
stag

  1. mod.
    having to do with someone going to a party without a date. (Originally said of a male.) : A bunch of the guys got together and went stag to the dance.
  2. mod.
    having to do with a gathering for men only. : The party is stag, so Tom and I are going together.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

stag 
c.1185, probably from O.E. *stagga "stag," from P.Gmc. *stag- (see sting). The O.N. equivalent was used of male foxes, tomcats and dragons and the Gmc. root word probably originally meant "male animal in its prime." Meaning "pertaining to or composed of males only" (stag party) is Amer.Eng. slang from 1848. Stag film "pornographic movie" is attested from 1968.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Financial Dictionary

Stag

A slang term for short-term speculator.

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In other words, a stag is someone who trades frequently and tries to make quick profits in a short amount of time.

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Idioms & Phrases

stag

In addition to the idiom beginning with stag, also see go stag.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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