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单词 stags
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stag

1 of 3

noun

ˈstag How to pronounce stag (audio)
plural stags
1
or plural stag : an adult male red deer
also : the male of various other deer (especially genus Cervus)
2
chiefly Scotland : a young horse
especially : a young unbroken stallion
3
: a male animal castrated after sexual maturity compare steer sense 1
4
: a young adult male domestic chicken or turkey
5
a
: a social gathering of men only
b
: one who attends a dance or party without a companion

stag

2 of 3

verb

stagged; stagging

transitive verb

British
: to spy on

intransitive verb

: to attend a dance or party without a companion

stag

3 of 3

adjective

1
a
: restricted to men
a stag party
b
: intended for a male audience
especially : pornographic
stag movies
2
: unaccompanied by someone of the opposite sex
stag women
stag adverb

Synonyms

Adjective

  • bawdy
  • blue
  • coarse
  • crude
  • dirty
  • filthy
  • foul
  • gross
  • gutter
  • impure
  • indecent
  • lascivious
  • lewd
  • locker-room
  • nasty
  • obscene
  • pornographic
  • porny
  • profane
  • raunchy
  • ribald
  • smutty
  • trashy
  • unprintable
  • vulgar
  • wanton
  • X-rated
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Example Sentences

Adjective a stash of stag flicks that were hidden in the basement
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Even in Bambi, the main character's father, a brown stag, is known as the Great Prince of the Forest. Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 8 Sep. 2022 Unfortunately, Viserys and Otto don't catch up to that stag, but Rhaenyra does. Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2022 The consensus is that the tusk has served evolutionary purposes similar to a stag’s horns: Big tusks signify the fittest mates. Meghan Willcoxon, Journal Sentinel, 11 July 2022 Animals dot the sides, including a running stag, birds and a rabbit. Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 June 2022 But despite almost losing his life in a fall at Red Rock in Nevada with climber Alex Honnold, the method actor and musician claims that the most physically demanding workout of all is performing on stag with his band 30 Seconds to Mars. Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 16 Apr. 2022 On his way to fight the Trojan War, King Agamemnon accidentally kills a favorite stag of Artemis, the goddess of wild animals and chastity. Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2022 Of the pros represented at Moeller's annual stag, only Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Brent Suter was alive in 1995. Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 18 Feb. 2022 Items seized include the Stag's Head Rhyton, a ceremonial vessel depicting a stag's head which dates to 400 BCE. CNN, 7 Dec. 2021
Adjective
To keep things lighthearted, work in a few quirky talking points into your teenage son's bedroom, like the paper mache stag heads seen here in a ski house bedroom designed by Sarah Richardson. Alyssa Longobucco, House Beautiful, 19 Aug. 2022 Fred picked from lakeside sedges beside stag moose, camels, and giant beavers as the matriarch kept watch for dire wolves. Peter Brannen, The Atlantic, 22 June 2022 The original emblem was a single red shield with a stag head, meant to reflect Dunbar's Scottish family crest, GM said. Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 1 June 2022 Its cameras catch the nighttime moves of black rhinos gathering at a Kenyan waterhole, Chilean stag beetles locking jaws in a battle for a mate, and the first-ever footage of a 2-month old orca taking part in the hunt of gray-whale calf. San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2022 One of game theory’s classic dilemmas is called the stag hunt. Lila Maclellan, Quartz, 17 Apr. 2022 Iphigenia was sent to her death to make amends for the slaying of a stag dear to the heart of Artemis, who, in a proverbial huff, halted the winds and stalled the onset of the Trojan War. Washington Post, 5 Dec. 2021 That is the power of digital transformation in a stag inflationary period. Michael Gale, Forbes, 11 Nov. 2021 Alina subsequently uses that blade to slash Kirigan, removing the stag bone that was embedded in his hand. Nick Schager, EW.com, 23 Apr. 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English stagge, from Old English stagga; akin to Old Norse andarsteggi drake

Verb

stag (informer)

First Known Use

Noun

12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1796, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Adjective

1843, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Kids Definition

stag

noun

ˈstag How to pronounce stag (audio)
: an adult male deer

stags

noun

plural of stag
as in keggers

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • keggers
  • soirees
  • socials
  • housewarmings
  • showers
  • shindigs
  • teas
  • suppers
  • masquerades
  • receptions
  • symposia
  • clambakes
  • tea parties
  • mixers
  • fetes
  • house parties
  • parties
  • hen parties
  • dances
  • formals
  • proms
  • salons
  • cocktail parties
  • klatches
  • balls
  • events
  • functions
  • icebreakers
  • fêtes
  • binges
  • bashes
  • blowouts
  • dos
  • soirées
  • keg parties
  • celebrations
  • klatsches
  • affairs
  • bakes
  • blasts
  • symposiums
  • orgies
  • benefits
  • kaffeeklatsches
  • occasions
  • get-togethers
  • galas
  • bacchanals
  • do's
  • meet and greets
  • bacchanalia
  • fund-raisers
  • saturnalias
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