shag

1 a strong coarse tobacco that has been shredded

2 a matted tangle of hair or fiber; "the dog's woolly shag"

3 a fabric with long coarse nap; "he bought a shag rug"

4 slang terms for sexual intercourse [syn: fuck, fucking, screw, screwing, ass, nooky, nookie, piece of ass, piece of tail, roll in the hay, shtup]

5 a lively dance step consisting of hopping on each foot in turn v : dance the shag [also: shagging, shagged]

English

Pronunciation

• /ʃæg/
• Rhymes with: -æɡ

Etymology 1

sceacga.

Noun

1. Matted material; rough massed hair, fibres etc.
2. Coarse shredded tobacco.
3. A type of rough carpet pile.

Derived terms

• shaggy
• shagginess
• shaggy-dog story
• shagger

Etymology 2

Perhaps a derivative of Etymology 1, above, with reference to the bird's shaggy crest.

Noun

1. A type of cormorant, Phalacrocorax aristotelis, found on European and African coasts.

Translations

• Spanish: cormorán , cormorán moñudo

Etymology 3

Origin unknown.

Verb

1. To shake, wiggle around.
2. To have sexual intercourse with.
3. To chase after; especially : to chase after and return (a ball) hit usually out of play

Noun

1. A swing dance.
2. An act of sexual intercourse.
3. A sexual partner

Anagrams

• hags

Synonyms

• WikiSaurus:sexual intercourse

Shag may refer to one of the following:

Arts and entertainment

• "Shag" is the name of several different swing dances
  • Collegiate shag, a swing dance from the 1920s that was popular among college students at the time
  • Carolina shag, a swing dance that began in South Carolina in the 1940s and is often associated with beach music
  • St. Louis shag, a swing dance, beginning in St. Louis, Missouri
• Shag (1989 film), featuring Carolina shag
• Shag, the pseudonym of Josh Agle

Other

• Shag (fabric)
• Shag (bird), birds of the cormorant family
• Shag (tobacco), fine-cut tobacco
• Shag Island (disambiguation)

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