Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense shags, present participle shagging, past tense, past participle shagged
1. countable noun
A shag is a black seabird with a yellow beak, found mainly in Europe and North Africa.
2. verb
If someone shags another person, or if two people shag, they have sex together.
[British, informal, rude]
Shag is also a noun.
...a spy movie with car chases, a murder, a shag and a happy ending.
More Synonyms of shag
shag in British English1
(ʃæɡ)
noun
1.
a matted tangle, esp of hair, wool, etc
2.
a napped fabric, usually a rough wool
3.
shredded coarse tobacco
verbWord forms: shags, shagging or shagged
4. (transitive)
to make shaggy
Word origin
Old English sceacga; related to sceagashaw1, Old Norse skegg beard, skagi tip, skōgr forest
shag in British English2
(ʃæɡ)
noun
1.
a cormorant, esp the green cormorant (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)
2. like a shag on a rock
Word origin
C16: special use of shag1, with reference to its crest
shag in British English3
(ʃæɡ) British vulgar, slang
verbWord forms: shags, shagging or shagged
1.
to have sexual intercourse with (a person)
2. (transitive; often foll byout; usually passive)
to exhaust; tire
noun
3.
an act of sexual intercourse
▶ USAGE Though still likely to cause offence to more conservative people, this word has losta lot of its shock value. It seems to have a jocular, relaxed connotation, which mostof the other words in this field do not. No doubt its acceptability has been acceleratedby its use in the title of an Austin Powers film of 1999. Interestingly, though advertisements for the film caused a large numberof complaints to the British Advertising Standards Authority, they were not upheld
Word origin
C20: of unknown origin
shag in American English1
(ʃæg)
noun
1. Rare
heavily matted wool or hair
2.
a haircut, short in front and longer in back, with multiple layers cut so as to produce a stylishly unkempt look
3.
a.
a heavy, rough nap, as on some woolen cloth
b.
cloth with such a nap
4.
any disordered or tangled mass
5.
coarse, shredded tobacco
verb transitiveWord forms: shagged or ˈshagging
6.
to make shaggy or rough
Word origin
ME *shagge < OE sceacga, rough hair, akin to ON skegg, beard < IE base *skek-, to spring forth > shake, Ger schicken, to send
shag in American English2
(ʃæg)
noun
any of several cormorants, esp. an American double-crested species (Phalacrocorax auritus) or a European species (P. aristotelis)
Word origin
specialized use of shag1 with reference to the rough crest
shag in American English3
(ʃæg)
verb transitiveWord forms: shagged or ˈshagging
US
to chase after and retrieve (baseballs hit in batting practice)
shag in American English4
(ʃæg)
British, Vulgar, Slang
verb transitiveWord forms: shagged or ˈshagging
1.
to have sexual intercourse with
noun
2.
an act or instance of sexual intercourse
Word lists with
shag
fabric, Tobacco types
All related terms of 'shag'
pied shag
a large New Zealand seabird , Phalacrocorax varius , with a white throat and underparts
shag rug
a piece of thick material with a nap of long rough strands that you put on a floor . It is like a carpet but covers a smaller area
black shag
a large dark-coloured shag , Phalacrocorax carbo novaehollandis , of Australasian waters
shag carpet
shag pile carpet
shag pile rug
a piece of thick material with a nap of long rough strands that you put on a floor . It is like a carpet but covers a smaller area
shag pile carpet
a large piece of thick material with a nap of long rough strands that you put on a floor