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English

Etymology

shag +? -er

Noun

shagger (plural shaggers)

1. One who shags.
   1. (slang) One who has sexual intercourse with many people.
      • 1997, The Bulletin, Issues 6061-6069, page 74,

        […] deracinated German, ace journalist and communist spy, compulsive cocktail drinker and serial shagger: the agent of penetration par excellence is engaging in sexual congress with a secretary from the German embassy in the Japanese capital.

      • 2006, Richard Hill, Richard Hill: The Autobiography, unnumbered page,

        ‘What do you want to be remembered for, being the best shaggers and drinkers or the best rugby players?’

      • 2007, Mick Quinn, Oliver Harvey, Who Ate All the Pies?: The Life and Times of Mick Quinn, page 69,

        There would be card schools, too, and when we overnighted the shaggers among the lads would be sniffing after everything in a skirt.

   2. One who catches and returns a ball, usually out of play; one who fetches played balls; one who fetches shot game.
      • 1980, Ken Dugan, Secrets of Coaching Championship Baseball, page 24,

        The shagger is placed in this position to avoid the danger of his being hit by a batted ball.

      • 1983, Bob Brister, Doves Galore, Field & Stream, page 61,

        As we arrived at the grainfield a covey of little Mexican boys swarmed in from all directions, waving and yelling and climbing on the bumpers, vying for jobs as bird shaggers. Birds were darting low over the vehicles and somebody got excited and started shooting right there, bringing the kids racing for the fallen birds, because whoever got one had a job for sure.

      • 1995, Mario Pagnoni, Gerald Robinson, Softball: Fast and Slow Pitch, page 100,

        As soon as the outfielder releases the throw to the shagger, a second ball is fungoed and the fielder must react quickly, […] .

      • 2011, Jim McLean, Tom McCarthy, The Complete Hogan: A Shot-by-Shot Analysis of Golf?s Greatest Swing, unnumbered page,

        He always had a shagger, a caddy who put the shag bag right in front of his feet.

2. One who dances the shag; a jazz dancer.
   • 2012, Renee Wright, Myrtle Beach & South Carolina?s Grand Strand, Explorer?s Guides, unnumbered page,

     The first gathering proved so successful that SOS has expanded to a year-round schedule of events, including annual ten-day Spring Safaris and Fall Migrations, attracting up to 10,000 shaggers at a time, plus weekend gatherings in winter and summer.

Derived terms

• ball shagger, shagger's back, sheepshagger

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æ?/
• Rhymes: -æ?

Etymology 1

From Middle English *schagge, from Old English s?eacga (“hair, wool”), from Proto-Germanic *skaggô, *skaggij? (“projection, bristly hair, stem”), Proto-Germanic *skag- (“to emerge, stick out, protrude”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kek-, *(s)keg- (“to jump, move, hurry”). Akin to Old Norse skegg (“beard”) (compare Danish skæg, Norwegian skjegg, Swedish skägg).

Noun

shag (countable and uncountable, plural shags)

1. Matted material; rough massed hair, fibres etc.
2. Coarse shredded tobacco.
3. A type of rough carpet pile.
4. (Britain, archaic) Bacon or fat, especially if with some remaining hair or bristles.
5. (Britain, archaic) A roughly-cut or torn-off piece of bread or cheese.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

shag (third-person singular simple present shags, present participle shagging, simple past and past participle shagged)

1. (transitive) To make hairy or shaggy; to roughen.
2. (intransitive, obsolete) To hang in shaggy clusters.

Adjective

shag (comparative more shag, superlative most shag)

1. (obsolete) Hairy; shaggy.

Etymology 2

Perhaps a derivative of Etymology 1, above, with reference to the bird's shaggy crest.

Noun

shag (plural shags)

1. Several species of sea birds in the family Phalacrocoracidae (cormorant family), especially the common shag or European shag, Phalacrocorax aristotelis, found on European and African coasts.
   • 1941, Ernestine Hill, My Love Must Wait, A&R Classics 2013, p. 7:

     He ran back and picked up a dead bird that had fallen. It was not a duck but a shag.

Hypernyms

• sea bird

Hyponyms

Translations

Etymology 3

From Middle English schaggen, a variant of Middle English schoggen (“to shake; shake off; tremble”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps a byform of Middle English schokken (“to shake; move rapidly”), related to Middle Low German schokken (“to shake; tremble”). Alternatively, perhaps ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skakk?n? (“to shake”), specifically continuing a post-Proto-Germanic variant *skagg-, where the non-singular stem *skag- caused the analogical replacement of the stem-final voiceless geminate consonants with voiced geminates, which was then leveled throughout the paradigm.

Verb

shag (third-person singular simple present shags, present participle shagging, simple past and past participle shagged)

1. (intransitive) To shake, wiggle around.
2. (transitive, vulgar slang) To have sexual intercourse with.
3. (intransitive, vulgar slang) To have sexual intercourse.
4. (India, transitive, vulgar slang) To masturbate.
5. To chase after; especially, to chase after and return (a ball) hit usually out of play.
6. To perform the dance called the shag.

Synonyms

• (to shake): jiggle, rock, tremble, wobble; see also Thesaurus:shake
• (have sexual intercourse): bonk, go to bed with, sleep with; see also Thesaurus:copulate with
• (to have sexual intercourse): do it, get it on, have sex; see also Thesaurus:copulate
• (to masturbate): get it on, have sex; see also Thesaurus:masturbate

Translations

Noun

shag (plural shags)

1. A swing dance.
2. (slang) An act of sexual intercourse.
   • 2007, Julie Andrews, "Roman Must Die", in The Leonard Variations: Clarion 2007 San Diego, ?ISBN, page 10:

     They were in the midst of an intense snog, his tongue down her throat as he tried to work out if he wanted another shag before she left for the night, when an odd noise sounded from behind the door of 2B.

   • 2010, Clara Darling, Hot City Nights, St. Martin's Press (2010), ?ISBN, page 107:

     “And feel free to come over anytime you'd like a drink and a shag. […]

   • 2011, Josephine Myles, Barging In, Samhain Publishing, Ltd. (2011), ?ISBN, page 24:

     He could say yes, then just quietly leave the area without ever seeing the man again. He could even get a shag out of Charles first.

3. (slang) A casual sexual partner.
   • 2003, Freya North, Pip, Harper (2003), ?ISBN, unnumbered page:

     'It turned out that it was me who was just a shag to him. He had a girlfriend I didn't know about. He presumed I was up for some no-strings action. And the thing is, I thought I was – in theory. But in practice, I realized that I wasn't.'

   • 2008, Bruce Cooke, Trace Elements, Eternal Press (2008), ?ISBN, page 56:

     "Was I just another shag to you, Trace? Someone to bed when the offer came?"

   • 2011, Wes Lee, "Saul", in The Sleepers Almanac, No. 7 (eds. Zoe Dattner & Louise Swinn), Sleepers Publishing (2011), ?ISBN, page 135:

     'Your favourite shag?' I ask her.

     'Martin Kershen.'

     'He was a sexy beast.'

Synonyms

• (act of sexual intercourse): see also Thesaurus:copulation
• (casual sexual partner): see also Thesaurus:casual sexual partner.

Derived terms

• shag bandit

Translations

Etymology 4

Blend of shower (“bridal shower”) +? stag (“bachelor party”).

Noun

shag (plural shags)

1. (Canada, Northwestern Ontario) A fundraising dance in honour of a couple engaged to be married.

Synonyms

• stag and doe, stag and doe party (Canada, Ontario)
• social, wedding social (Canada, Prairies)

Translations

References

• “shag” in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2004.

Etymology 5

Etymology unknown

Noun

shag (plural shags)

1. (West Country) Friend; mate; buddy.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:friend

Anagrams

• Gash, HAGS, gash, hags

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English shag.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??k/
• Hyphenation: shag
• Rhymes: -?k

Noun

shag m (uncountable, diminutive shagje n or sjekkie n)

1. shag (coarse shredded tobacco)