Fag

Fag
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, Icel. feigr fated to die, AS. f[=ae]ge, Scot. faik, to fail, stop, lower the price; or perh. the same word as E. flag to droop.] 1. To become weary; to tire. [1913 Webster]

Creighton withheld his force till the Italian began to fag. --G. Mackenzie. [1913 Webster]

2. To labor to wearness; to work hard; to drudge. [1913 Webster]

Read, fag, and subdue this chapter. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster]

3. To act as a fag, or perform menial services or drudgery, for another, as in some English schools. [1913 Webster]

{To fag out}, to become untwisted or frayed, as the end of a rope, or the edge of canvas. [1913 Webster]


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  • fag — fag; fag·gery; fag·o·py·rism; fag·o·py·rum; fag·ot·er; fag·ot·ing; fag·got·ry; fag·goty; fag·ot; fag·got·ing; fag·got·ty; fag·o·py·ris·mus; …   English syllables

  • fag — FAG, fagi, s.m. Copac înalt cu coaja netedă, alburie sau cenuşie şi cu lemnul tare, cu frunze ovale, netede, lucioase, cu perişori fini pe margini (Fagus silvatica). – lat. fagus. Trimis de cornel, 05.05.2004. Sursa: DEX 98  fag adj. m., pl.… …   Dicționar Român

  • fag — fag1 [fag] vi. fagged, fagging [< ? FAG END] 1. to work hard and become very tired 2. [Brit. Informal] to serve as a fag or servant vt. 1. to make tired by hard work 2. [Brit. Informal] to employ (a boy) as a fag or servant …   English World dictionary

  • Fag — may refer to: * Fag, a British colloquialism for cigarette * Fag, a junior boy who acts or acted as servant ( Fagging ) to a senior boy at a British independent school * Fag, or Faggot (slang), an American generally pejorative word or slur for a… …   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 — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda FAG: las siglas de la Fuerza Aérea Guatemalteca; las siglas por la que se conoció a las Fuerzas Armadas Guanches, una organización armada canaria que combatió en la década de 1970 por la independencia del… …   Wikipedia Español

  • fag — [fæg] n [Sense: 1; Date: 1800 1900; Origin: fag end] [Sense: 2; Date: 1900 2000; Origin: faggot] [Sense: 3,4; Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Perhaps from FLAG2] 1.) BrE informal a cigarette …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • fag — fag, faggot In BrE a fag is a colloquial word for (1) a piece of drudgery or a wearisome or unwelcome task, (2) a cigarette, and (3) a junior pupil at a public school who runs errands for a senior. In BrE a faggot is a ball or roll of seasoned… …   Modern English usage

  • fag — sb., et, fag, ene, i sms. fag , fx fagkreds, fagområde …   Dansk ordbog

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