shag
Meaning
-
- Matted material; rough massed hair, fibres etc.
- Coarse shredded tobacco.
- A type of rough carpet pile.
- Bacon or fat, especially if with some remaining hair or bristles.
- A roughly-cut or torn-off piece of bread or cheese.
- A deliberately messy, shaggy hairstyle.
Synonyms
common shag
European shag
shaggy mane
shaggy ink cap
coarse wool
european shag
lawyer’s wig
have sexual intercourse
shaggie
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʃæɡ/
Etymology
From Middle English *schagge, from Old English sċeacga (“hair, wool”), from Proto-Germanic *skaggô, *skaggiją (“projection, bristly hair, stem”), *skag- (“to emerge, stick out, protrude”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kek- (“to jump, move, hurry”). Akin to Old Norse skegg (“beard”) (compare Danish skæg, Norwegian skjegg, Swedish skägg). Related to shake and shock via the root.
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