fag

Meaning

Noun

1. (US) In textile inspections, a rough or coarse defect in the woven fabric.
2. (Ireland, UK, colloquial) A cigarette.
3. (Ireland, UK, colloquial, obsolete) The worst part or end of a thing.

Verb

1. (archaic, colloquial, transitive) To make exhausted, tired out.
2. (archaic, colloquial, intransitive) To droop; to tire.
3. (Ireland, UK, colloquial, historical, intransitive) (of a younger student) To act as a servant for senior students in many British boarding schools.
4. (Ireland, UK, colloquial, historical, transitive) To have (a younger student) act as a servant in this way.
5. (Ireland, UK, archaic, intransitive) To work hard, especially on menial chores.

Synonyms

faggot

queer

cigarette

🚬

fairy

🧚

fagot

poof

drudge

smoke

homo

gay

toil

homosexual

travail

fatigue

wear out

pansy

weary

😩

queen

👸

outwear

plod

tire out

coffin nail

wear down

nancy boy

butt

exhaust

fag out

wear

grind

wear upon

jade

labor

labour

cig

motherfucker

cigaret

dig

drudgery

errand boy

invert

moil

nance

nancy

poofter

poove

pouf

raver

tire

work

faggerette

Translations

clope

sigaretta

🚬

cigarette

🚬

pédé

finocchio

maricón

cigarro

🚬

frocio

🇩🇪

checca

🧚

Zigarette

🚬

Schwuchtel

Tunte

👸

tapette

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fæɡ/

Etymology

Cognate with Dutch: vaak

In summary

Probably from fag end (“remnant”), from Middle English fagge (“flap”).