dag

¹ American  

[dag] / dæg /

noun

1. one of a series of decorative scallops or foliations along the edge of a garment, cloth, etc.

2. Scot. daglock.

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verb (used with object)

dagged, dagging

1. to edge (a garment, cloth, etc.) with decorative scallops or the like.

dag ² American  

[dag] / dæg /

noun

Australian and New Zealand Informal.

1. an amusing, unusual person.

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dag ³ American  

abbreviation

1. dekagram; dekagrams.

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Dag ⁴ American  

[dahg, dag] / dɑg, dæg /

noun

1. a male given name.

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dag ¹ British  

/ dæɡ /

noun

1. short for daglock

2. informal to hurry up

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verb

1. to cut the daglock away from (a sheep)

dag ² British  

/ dæɡ /

noun

1. a character; eccentric

2. a person who is untidily dressed

3. a person with a good sense of humour

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Other Word Forms

• dagger noun

Etymology

Origin of dag¹

1350–1400; Middle English dagge < ?; compare Old French dague dagger

Origin of dag²

First recorded in 1885–90; origin uncertain

Example Sentences

The worker stabbed the loamy soil with a hoe dag, dropped in a delicate sequoia seedling and tamped the dirt tight around it.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2023

Vandaag veranderde het Limburgs #Museum - als onderdeel v/d landelijke #actie v/d @Museumverenigin - voor 1 dag in een #sportschool.

From BBC • Jan. 19, 2022

I’m ‘a get a scholarship to King’s College/ I prob’ly shouldn’t brag, but dag/ I amaze and astonish.”

From Washington Post • Jan. 29, 2016

Peter Ustinov, playing an unmarried remittance man who has to beat the girls off with a waddy, makes a comical old dag.

From Time Magazine Archive

“I don’t dwell on it too much because I’m not in a negative position. But you do say, ‘Well, dag, man, I should have done this or that.’

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times