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fag
1[ fag ]
noun
- Extremely Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a gay man.
- Offensive. a contemptible or dislikable person.
fag
2[ fag ]
verb (used with object)
- to tire or weary by labor; exhaust (often followed by out ):
The long climb fagged us out.
- British. to require (a younger public-school pupil) to do menial chores.
- Nautical. to fray or unlay the end of (a rope).
verb (used without object)
- Chiefly British. to work until wearied; work hard:
to fag away at French.
- British Informal. to do menial chores for an older public-school pupil.
noun
fag
1/ fæɡ /
noun
- informal.a boring or wearisome task
it's a fag having to walk all that way
- (esp formerly) a young public school boy who performs menial chores for an older boy or prefect
verb
- informal.whentr, often foll by out to become or cause to become exhausted by hard toil or work
- usually intr to do or cause to do menial chores in a public school
Brown fags for Lee
fag
2/ fæɡ /
noun
- a slang word for cigarette
- a fag end, as of cloth
fag
3/ fæɡ /
noun
- slang.short for faggot 2
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Other Words From
- fag·gish adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of fag1
Origin of fag2
Word History and Origins
Origin of fag1
Origin of fag2
Example Sentences
Again it is Fag-pie Sunday, from another refection sacred to it in the same county, namely a pie of figs and spices.
Fag Alley was reached and in its vicinity several machine guns were captured, and the teams either killed or taken prisoners.
"Fag wanted," Sinclair murmured, hardly looking up from his imposition.
Fag, a schoolboy who performs a servants offices to a superior schoolmate.
Lucy returned to the stage for her scenes in the second act (the last in which she appears) with Sir Lucius and Fag.
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