shagged
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shag 1
(shăg)n.
1. A tangle or mass, especially of rough matted hair.
2.
a. A coarse long nap, as on a woolen cloth.
b. Cloth having such a nap.
3. A rug with a thick rough pile.
4. Coarse shredded tobacco.
tr.v. shagged, shag·ging, shags
To make shaggy; roughen.
[Middle English *shagge, from Old English sceacga, matted hair.]
shag 2
(shăg)n.
A dance step of the 1930s consisting of a hop on each foot in turn.
intr.v. shagged, shag·ging, shags
To perform or execute this dance.
[Origin unknown.]
shag 3
(shăg)n.
Any of several cormorants, especially Phalacrocorax aristotelis of Europe and North Africa.
[Perhaps from its shaggy crest.]
shag 4
(shăg)tr.v. shagged, shag·ging, shags
1. To chase and bring back; fetch.
2. Baseball To chase and catch (fly balls) in practice.
[Perhaps from obsolete shag, to shake.]
shag 5
(shăg)v. shagged, shag·ging, shags Chiefly British Vulgar Slang
v.tr.
To engage in sexual intercourse with.
v.intr.
To engage in sexual intercourse.
[Perhaps from obsolete shag, to shake, wiggle.]
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shagged
(ʃæɡd)adj
extremely tired; exhausted
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Adj. | 1. | shagged - having a very rough nap or covered with hanging shags; "junipers with shagged trunks"; "shaggy rugs" |
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