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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024fag1 /fæg/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Slang Termsa cigarette.
- Slang Terms(disparaging and offensive). a male homosexual.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024fag1 (fag),USA pronunciation v., fagged, fag•ging, n. v.t. - to tire or weary by labor;
exhaust (often fol. by out):The long climb fagged us out. - British Termsto require (a younger public-school pupil) to do menial chores.
- Nautical, Naval Termsto fray or unlay the end of (a rope).
v.i. - British Terms[Chiefly Brit.]to work until wearied;
work hard:to fag away at French. - British Termsto do menial chores for an older public-school pupil.
n. - Slang Termsa cigarette.
- Textilesa fag end, as of cloth.
- Textilesa rough or defective spot in a woven fabric;
blemish;
flaw. - British Terms[Chiefly Brit.]drudgery;
toil. - British Termsa younger pupil in a British public school required to perform certain menial tasks for, and submit to the hazing of, an older pupil.
- a drudge.
- 1425–75; late Middle English fagge broken thread in cloth, loose end (of obscure origin, originally); sense development apparently: drooping end to droop, tire to make weary drudgery, drudge (compare relationship of flag1 to flag3); (def. 6) a shortening of fag end (a butt, hence a cigarette)
- Slang Termsn. Slang (disparaging and offensive). faggot2.
- by shortening 1920–25, American.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: fag /fæɡ/ n - informal a boring or wearisome task
- Brit (esp formerly) a young public school boy who performs menial chores for an older boy or prefect
vb (fags, fagging, fagged)- when tr, often followed by out: informal to become or cause to become exhausted by hard toil or work
- (usually intr) Brit to do or cause to do menial chores in a public school
Etymology: 18th Century: of obscure origin fag /fæɡ/ n - Brit
a slang word for cigarette
Etymology: 16th Century (in the sense: something hanging loose, flap): of obscure origin fag /fæɡ/ n - slang chiefly US Canadian
short for faggot2
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