English Explanatory Dictionary

CAG

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Initialism of commander of the air group.
  2. Initialism of compound annual growth.
  3. Initialism of Comptroller and Auditor General.
  4. Initialism of coronary artery graft.
  5. The nucleobase coding triplet cytosine (C), adenine (A), guanine (G).
  6. Initialism of context-augmented generation.
name
  1. Initialism of Church of Almighty God, a neo-Christian movement in China.
noun
  1. A keg.
noun
  1. Clipping of cagoule.
noun
  1. A projecting piece left on a tree or shrub when a branch is severed; knob; stump.
  2. The stump of a broken tooth; a tooth standing alone.
  3. An angular tear or rent in a piece of cloth.
verb
  1. To vex; annoy; insult, offend; grieve.
  2. To chatter, gossip.

Word forms

CAG CAGs kag kyag cagging cagged

Etymology

From Middle English kag, of North Germanic origin, related to Old Norse kaggi, Swedish kagge.

Synonyms

distress afflict aggrieve plague atray cag engrieve grame harass harrow harry torment trouble vex rend wring tittle-tattle blab chelp clepe dish dish the dirt fetch and carry gossip jaunder labrish shoot the shit talk talk out of turn tattle tell tales out of school

Derived words

cack-handed caggy cag-mag
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