shag
To make hairy or shaggyTo make hairy or shaggy; to roughen.
» Tom has a shag rug in his bedroom.
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8 senses(transitive)To make hairy or shaggy; to roughen.
(intransitive)To shake, wiggle around.
меша́тьmešátʹ, трясти́trjastí
(Australia, Ireland, UK, slang, transitive, vulgar)To have sex with.
(Australia, Ireland, UK, intransitive, slang, vulgar)To have sex.
bumsen, ficken
тра́хатьtráxatʹ
(India, slang, transitive, vulgar)To masturbate.
To chase after; especially, to chase after and return (a ball) hit usually out of play.
гоня́тьсяgonjátʹsja
(uncommon)To perform the dance called the shag.
dance the shag
(intransitive, obsolete)To hang in shaggy clusters.
Examples
8 sentencesTom has a shag rug in his bedroom.
There's a shag carpet in the living room.
deIm Wohnzimmer liegt ein Hochflorteppich. — al_ex_an_der
Yanni found two people shagging in the bushes.
You wouldn't look so shagged out unless you were doing something naughty.
Tom is shagged out.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 3
By meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English *schagge, from Old English sċeacga (“hair, wool”), from Proto-GermanicFrom 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”).
From Middle English schaggen, a variant of Middle English schoggen (“to shake; shake off; tremble”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps a byform of Middle English schokken (“to shake; move rapidly”), related to Middle Low German schokken (“to shake; tremble”). Alternatively, perhaps ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *skakkōn (“to shake”), specifically continuing a post-Proto-Germanic variant *skagg-, where the non-singular stem *skag- caused the analogical replacement of the stem-final voiceless geminate consonants with voiced geminates, which was then leveled throughout the paradigm.
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Forms
shags, shagging, shagged, shaggedSynonyms
8 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
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