shag

noun

/ʃæɡ/

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[countable, usually singular] (British English, taboo, slang) an act of sex with somebody
[countable] a large black bird with a long neck that lives near the seaTopics Birdsc2
[uncountable] a strong type of tobacco cut into long thin pieces

Word Originnoun sense 1 late Old English sceacga ‘rough matted hair’, of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse skegg ‘beard’. noun sense 2 mid 16th cent.: perhaps a use of the adjective shag, with reference to the bird's “shaggy” crest. noun sense 3 late 18th cent.: of unknown origin.

shag

verb

/ʃæɡ/

[intransitive, transitive] (British English, taboo, slang)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they shag	/ʃæɡ/ /ʃæɡ/
he / she / it shags	/ʃæɡz/ /ʃæɡz/
past simple shagged	/ʃæɡd/ /ʃæɡd/
past participle shagged	/ʃæɡd/ /ʃæɡd/
-ing form shagging	/ˈʃæɡɪŋ/ /ˈʃæɡɪŋ/

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shag (somebody) to have sex with somebody
Word Originverb late 18th cent.: of unknown origin.

shag

adjective

/ʃæɡ/

[only before noun]

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used to describe a carpet, etc., usually made of wool, that has long threads
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
Shag is used with these nouns:
carpet
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Word Originadjective late Old English sceacga ‘rough matted hair’, of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse skegg ‘beard’.

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