fag

fag
I. verb (fagged; fagging) Etymology: perhaps from obsolete fag to droop, from fag fag end Date: 1772 intransitive verb to work hard ; toil transitive verb to tire by strenuous activity ; exhaust <
fagged by the strenuous climb
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Synonyms: see tire II. noun Date: 1780 1. chiefly British toil, drudgery 2. drudge 1 III. noun Etymology: probably short for faggot Date: 1785 an English public-school boy who acts as servant to an older schoolmate IV. intransitive verb Date: 1806 to serve as a fag especially in an English public school <
fagging for older boys during his first year
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V. noun Etymology: fag end Date: circa 1888 cigarette VI. noun Date: 1921 usually disparaging faggotfaggy adjective, usually disparaging

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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  • 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 — 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 — 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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