shag

(shăg)
n.

1. A tangle or mass, especially of rough matted hair.
2. 1. A coarse long nap, as on a woolen cloth.
   2. Cloth having such a nap.
3. A rug with a thick rough pile.
4. Coarse shredded tobacco.

tr.v., shagged, shag·ging, shags.
To make shaggy; roughen.

[Middle English *shagge, from Old English sceacga, matted hair.]

shag² (shăg)
n.
A dance step of the 1930s consisting of a hop on each foot in turn.

intr.v., shagged, shag·ging, shags.
To perform or execute this dance.

[Origin unknown.]

shag³ (shăg)
n.
Either of two marine birds (Phalacrocorax aristotelis or P. punctatus) of Europe and North Africa, related to the cormorant.

[Perhaps from its shaggy crest.]

shag⁴ (shăg)
tr.v., shagged, shag·ging, shags.

1. To chase and bring back; fetch.
2. Baseball. To chase and catch (fly balls) in practice.

[Perhaps from obsolete shag, to shake.]

shag⁵ (shăg)

v. Chiefly British Vulgar Slang, shagged, shag·ging, shags.

v.tr.
To engage in sexual intercourse with.

v.intr.
To engage in sexual intercourse.

[Perhaps from obsolete shag, to shake, wiggle.]

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mod. alcohol intoxicated.  Nobody is not too shagged to drive—or something like that.

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melvyn (Melvyn Bragg) rhymes with [offensive] shag
act of sexual intercourse: Fancy a melvyn?

Sir Melvyn Bragg is a British writer and broadcaster.

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adjective
adjective

Weary, exhausted; often followed by out. (1932 —) .
G. W. Target The two other-rankers were now sitting in the back of the jeep, with all of 'em looking shagged out (1975).

[Origin uncertain; perh. related to shag¹ verb.]

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For a list of words related to shag, see:

• Hair Styles - shag: usu. long, bushy, layered hair
• Carpets and Rugs - shag: rug with long, coarse, loose pile
• Dances of the World - shag: dance performed with vigorous hopping on each foot in turn (1930’s-1940’s)
• Baseball - shag: to leisurely catch fly balls, e.g. during batting practice
• Golf
• Smoking and Tobacco - shag: strong, coarse pipe tobacco cut in fine shreds

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - sammenfiltret masse, sammenfiltret pels
v. tr. - filtre, hænge i filtret masse

2.
n. - skarv

3.
v. tr. - kneppe
n. - knald

4.
n. - shag
v. intr. - danse shag

5.
v. tr. - øve boldkast i baseball

Nederlands (Dutch)
warboel, warrige haarbos, pluis, ruig maken, neuken, ervan door gaan

Français (French)
1.
n. - touffe de cheveux, tignasse
v. tr. - rendre broussailleux (des cheveux, des sourcils)

2.
n. - cormoran huppé

3.
v. tr. - coucher avec
n. - baise (vulg)

4.
n. - claquettes
v. intr. - danser des claquettes

5.
v. tr. - (US, Sport) attraper (base-ball)

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - verfilztes Büschel
v. - (ugs.) bumsen, zottig machen

2.
n. - Shagtabak, (zo.) Krähenscharbe

3.
v. - (ugs.) bumsen
n. - Bumsen

4.
n. - Shag (Tanz)
v. - Shag tanzen

5.
v. - einen Ball nachjagen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ύφασμα με μακρύ και σκληρό πέλος, είδος χοντροκομμένου καπνού, (ορνιθ.) θαλασσοκόρακας, (μτφ.) φουντωτή κόμμωση, (χυδ.) γαμήσι
v. - ξεθεώνω, (χυδ.) γαμώ

Italiano (Italian)
pelo ispido, rendere ispido

Português (Portuguese)
n. - cormorano (m) verde (Zool.)
v. - felpar

Русский (Russian)
жесткая, лохматая шевелюра, ворс, шероховатые волокна коры, грубые манеры, густые заросли молодых деревьев, половой акт, косматый, делать косматым, делать шершавым, засаживать деревьями, гоняться (за мячом), поймать, найти и принести обратно, спать (с кем-л.), изматывать, онанировать

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - greñas
v. tr. - hacer greñudo, hirsuto, áspero o escabroso

2.
n. - cormorán

3.
v. tr. - follar, joder
n. - acto sexual

4.
n. - una danza
v. intr. - bailar el shag

5.
v. tr. - (en béisbol) correr o agarrar pelotas en el aire en práctica

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - shagtobak, ragg, lurvig päls, lurvigt hår, schagg, knull
v. - trötta ut, knulla, runka

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 粗毛, 劣质烟丝, 绒布, 使蓬松杂乱, 使散乱

2. 性交, 追回球

3. 摇跳舞

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 性交
v. intr. - 追回球

2.
n. - 搖跳舞

3.
n. - 粗毛, 劣質煙絲, 絨布
v. tr. - 使蓬鬆雜亂, 使散亂

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 뒤엉킨 거친 털, 보풀 일게 짠 천, 살담배의 일종
v. tr. - 더부룩하게 하다, 보풀이 일게 하다, 거칠게 하다

2.
n. - 가마우지의 일종

3.
v. tr. - 성교하다, 지친
n. - 도색 유희, 성교

4.
n. - 번갈아 한 발로 뛰는 댄스의 스텝
v. intr. - 번갈아 한 발로 뛰는 스텝으로 춤추다

5.
v. tr. - (플라이를) 쫓아가 받다 (수비 연습에서), ~을 추적하다, 쫓아가서 다시 데려오다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - もじゃもじゃの毛, けば, 鵜
v. - 毛羽立たせる, ぼうぼうにする, 取り戻す, くたびれさせる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) شعر أو وبر أشعث, قماش صوفي خشن (فعل) يشعث أو يخشن‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮צמיחה פרועה של שיער, שיער סבוך וקשה, טבק גס‬
v. tr. - ‮עשה לקשה ולסבוך‬
n. - ‮קורמורן (עוף)‬
v. tr. - ‮קיים משגל (עגה גסה, בריטניה)‬
n. - ‮משגל (עגה גסה)‬
n. - ‮מין ריקוד‬
v. intr. - ‮רקד ריקוד שאג‬
v. tr. - ‮רדף אחרי הכדור או תפס אותו כדי להתאמן (כדור-בסיס)‬

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