English Explanatory Dictionary

fag

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. In textile inspections, a rough or coarse defect in the woven fabric.
  2. A cigarette.
  3. The worst part or end of a thing.
noun
  1. A chore: an arduous and tiresome task.
  2. A younger student acting as a servant for senior students (potentially in a sexual or abusive way).
verb
  1. To make exhausted, tired out.
  2. To droop; to tire.
  3. (of a younger student) To act as a servant for senior students in many British boarding schools. To be the servant in fagging.
  4. To have (a younger student) act as a servant in this way, in fagging.
  5. To work hard, especially on menial chores.
noun
  1. A homosexual man.
  2. An effeminate or unusual homosexual man.
  3. An annoying or contemptible person.

Pronunciation

/ˈfæɡ/ [ˈfæɡ] EN-AU ck1 fag.ogg /ˈfeɪ̯ɡ/ [ˈfeɪ̯ɡ]

Word forms

fag fags fagging fagged

Etymology

Probably from fag end (“remnant”), from Middle English fagge (“flap”).

Synonyms

bine blem bogie boagie butt cancerette cancer stick boon cig cigaret cigarette ciggy coffin nail cowboy killer darb dart death stick durben durrie durry fag gaf gasper gwaai lung dart neen oily rag paper cigar rig rolly quirly scag skyf snout smoke square stick stinky stick stoge stoag stogie stoagie straight straighter tab toby rib twiff vogue zig-zag assbag assbreath assbucket asscunt assface assfag assfaggot assfuck assfucker asshat asshead

Related words

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Derived words

fag break fag end fag lighter fag packet fish-fag brain fag fagged out fagger faggery fagging fag out antifag cashfag douchefag f@g -fag fagazine fag-bash fag basher fagboy fagbutt fag cash fagcent fagdom fagface faggify faggish faggy fag hag fagless faglet faglike fagling fag mag fag marriage fagmo fagness fag rag fag stag fag tag fagtard fg fishfag girlfag San Fagcisco
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