fag
1[ fag ]
/ fæg /
verb (used with object), fagged, fag·ging.
verb (used without object), fagged, fag·ging.
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
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Origin of fag
1OTHER WORDS FROM fag
un·fagged, adjectiveWords nearby fag
Definition for fag (2 of 2)
fag2
[ fag ]
/ fæg /
usage alert about fag
The terms fag and faggot are both used with disparaging intent and are perceived as highly insulting. However, faggot (but not fag ) is sometimes used within the gay community as a positive term of self-reference.
noun Slang.
Extremely Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a gay man.
Offensive. a contemptible or dislikable person.
Origin of fag
2An Americanism dating back to 1920–25; by shortening of faggot1
OTHER WORDS FROM fag
fag·gish, adjectiveDictionary.com Unabridged
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British Dictionary definitions for fag (1 of 3)
fag1
/ (fæɡ) /
noun
informal a boring or wearisome taskit's a fag having to walk all that way
British (esp formerly) a young public school boy who performs menial chores for an older boy or prefect
verb fags, fagging or fagged
(when tr, often foll by out) informal to become or cause to become exhausted by hard toil or work
(usually intr) British to do or cause to do menial chores in a public schoolBrown fags for Lee
Word Origin for fag
C18: of obscure origin
British Dictionary definitions for fag (2 of 3)
Word Origin for fag
C16 (in the sense: something hanging loose, flap): of obscure origin
British Dictionary definitions for fag (3 of 3)
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