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dag

1

[ dag ]

noun

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


verb (used with object)

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

dag

2

[ dag ]

noun

, Australian and New Zealand Informal.
  1. an amusing, unusual person.

dag

3

abbreviation for

  1. dekagram; dekagrams.

Dag

4

[ dahg, dag ]

noun

  1. a male given name.

dag

1

/ dæɡ /

noun

  1. short for daglock
  2. rattle one's dags informal.
    to hurry up
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to cut the daglock away from (a sheep)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

dag

2

/ dæɡ /

noun

  1. a character; eccentric
  2. a person who is untidily dressed
  3. a person with a good sense of humour
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈdagger, noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of dag1

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

Origin of dag2

First recorded in 1885–90; origin uncertain
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Word History and Origins

Origin of dag1

C18: of obscure origin

Origin of dag2

back formation from daggy
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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.

Skirt after skirt failed, and Big Ma let loose another “dag nabbit.”

Williams, the team’s first-round pick in 2017, started to chuckle as he imitated Rivers when he’s heated — rearranging the letters from expletives to end up with phrases such as “dag gummit!”

It wanted to find a way of preventing so-called dags — deposits composed of dirt, hair and dung — from getting caked on cattle hides.

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

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