stag /stag/

1. A male deer, esp a red deer over four years old
2. A male of various kinds (cock, turkey cock, etc)
3. A man who goes to dances, etc unaccompanied by a woman
4. A stag party (US)
5. (Scot staig /stāg/) a colt or stallion
6. (Scot staig) an animal castrated in maturity
7. A person who applies for shares in order to sell them at once at a profit (stock exchange sl)
8. An informer (obs sl)

1. Male
2. Of or for males

To follow, dog, shadow

1. To deal as a stag (also transitive verb with it or the market; stock exchange sl)
2. (of a man) to go as a stag

staggˈard noun

A deer, esp a red deer, in its fourth year

stag beetle noun

Any beetle of the family Lucanidae, from the large antler-like mandibles of the males

stagˈ-dance noun

One of men only

stag-headˈed adjective

(of a tree) dying back giving an antler-like appearance

stagˈhorn noun

1. A stag's antler
2. The material of which antlers are composed

staghorn coral noun

A stony coral with antler-like branches

staghorn fern noun

A fern (genus Platycerium) with antler-like leaves

staghorn moss noun

Common club moss

stagˈhound noun

1. The buck hound
2. The Scottish deerhound

stag hunt noun

stag party or stag night noun

A party for men only, esp one held for a man about to be married

stag's horn same as staghorn above.

• reconsolidated
• reconsolidates
• reconsolidating
• reconsolidation
• reconstituent
• reconstitutable
• reconstitute
• reconstituted
• reconstitutes
• reconstituting
• reconstitution
• reconstitutions
• not for Joe
• not for Joseph
• not for love or money
• not for nuts
• not for the world
• not fussed
• not fussy
• not give a damn
• not give a fig
• not give a tinker's curse
• not give a tinker's damn
• not give a toss
• not go amiss