单词 | fag |
释义 | fag fag1 /fag/, v. , fagged, fagging, n. v.t. 1. to tire or weary by labor; exhaust (often fol. by out): The long climb fagged us out. 2. Brit. to require (a younger public-school pupil) to do menial chores. 3. Naut. to fray or unlay the end of (a rope). v.i. 4. Chiefly Brit. to work until wearied; work hard: to fag away at French. 5. Brit. Informal. to do menial chores for an older public-school pupil. n. 6. Slang. a cigarette. 7. a fag end, as of cloth. 8. a rough or defective spot in a woven fabric; blemish; flaw. 9. Chiefly Brit. drudgery; toil. 10. Brit. Informal. a younger pupil in a British public school required to perform certain menial tasks for, and submit to the hazing of, an older pupil. 11. a drudge. [1425-75; late ME fagge broken thread in cloth, loose end (of obscure orig.); sense development appar.: drooping end > to droop, tire > to make weary > drudgery, drudge (cf. relationship of FLAG1 to FLAG3); (def. 6) a shortening of FAG END (a butt, hence a cigarette)] fag2 —faggish, adj. /fag/ n. Slang (disparaging and offensive). faggot2. [1920-25, Amer.; by shortening] |
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