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.
verb (used without object)
7.
Informal. (of a man) to attend a social function without a female companion.
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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; Middle English stagge; akin to Old Norse steggi, steggr male bird (> E (north dial.) steg gander), Icelandic steggur male fox, tomcat
1150–1200; Middle English stagge; akin to Old Norse steggi, steggr male bird (> E (north dial.) steg gander), Icelandic steggur male fox, tomcat
Related forms
stag·like, adjective
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stag (stæɡ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the adult male of a deer, esp a red deer |
| 2. | a man unaccompanied by a woman at a social gathering |
| 3. | (Brit) stock exchange |
| a. a speculator who applies for shares in a new issue in anticipation of a rise in price when trading commences in order to make a quick profit on resale | |
| b. (as modifier): stag operations | |
| 4. | (modifier) (of a social gathering) attended by men only |
| 5. | (modifier) pornographic in content: a stag show |
| —adv | |
| 6. | without a female escort |
| —vb | |
| 7. | stock exchange to apply for (shares in a new issue) with the intention of selling them for a quick profit when trading commences |
| [Old English stagga (unattested); related to Old Norse steggr male bird] | |
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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.
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Slang Dictionary
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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American Heritage
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Example sentences
The spacious yet intimate dining room has a hardwood ceiling and stone walls decorated with medieval halberds and stag horns.
At one side, jutting into the lake, is a knoll with a group of trees sheltering a stag and doe.
The stag's antlers are there to fight off other stags.
Also you might want to see about summer fellowships starting next year, especially in this stag of your career.
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