fag out — verb exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress We wore ourselves out on this hike • Syn: ↑tire, ↑wear upon, ↑tire out, ↑wear, ↑weary, ↑jade, ↑wear out, ↑out … Useful english dictionary
Fag — Fag, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fagged} (f[a^]gd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Fagging} (f[a^]g g[i^]ng).] [Cf. LG. fakk wearied, weary, vaak slumber, drowsiness, OFries. fai, equiv. to f[=a]ch devoted to death, OS. f[=e]gi, OHG. feigi, G. feig, feige, cowardly,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fag — I. /fæg / (say fag) Colloquial –verb (i) (fagged, fagging) 1. to work till wearied; work hard: to fag away at French. 2. to act as a fag. 3. to make a fag of. –noun 4. drudgery; toil. 5. British a younger boy at a public school required to… …
fag — Synonyms and related words: auntie, beast of burden, beat, bi guy, bisexual, bugger, bull dyke, burden, burn out, busy, butch, butt, carton of cigarettes, catamite, chicken, cig, cigarette, cigarette butt, cigarette case, debilitate, deck of… … Moby Thesaurus
Fag stag — (also stag hag) is a portmanteau of fag and stag thats use originated in the United States in the 1990s.cite book last = Green first =Jonathon page =485 isbn =0304366366 title=Cassell s Dictionary of Slang: A Major New Edition of the Market… … Wikipedia
fag — Ⅰ. fag [1] Brit. informal ► NOUN 1) a tiring or unwelcome task. 2) a junior pupil at a public school who does minor chores for a senior pupil. ► VERB (fagged, fagging) 1) work hard. 2) … English terms dictionary
Fag — Fag, v. t. 1. To tire by labor; to exhaust; as, he was almost fagged out. [1913 Webster] 2. Anything that fatigues. [R.] [1913 Webster] It is such a fag, I came back tired to death. Miss Austen. [1913 Webster] {Brain fag}. (Med.) See… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fag|ot|ing — «FAG uh tihng», noun. 1. an ornamental, open, zigzag stitch used for loosely joining two finished edges. 2. an ornamental stitch made by drawing horizontal threads out of the cloth and tying groups of the cross threads together in the middle … Useful english dictionary
fag|ot — «FAG uht», noun, verb. –n. 1. a bundle of sticks or twigs tied together for fuel: »He built the fire with fagots. In dinner talk it is perhaps allowable to fling on any fagot rather than let the fire go out (James M. Barrie). 2. a bundle of iron… … Useful english dictionary
fag — Since the late eighteenth century the cry of ‘Fag!’ in a British public school has been a summons for a junior boy to attend on a senior boy in order to carry out some duty. The word ‘fag’ here derives from the verb ‘to fag’, which means to do … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
