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English

Etymology 1

Abbreviation of vagina.

Alternative forms

• vadge, vaj

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /væd?/
• Rhymes: -æd?

Noun

vag (plural not attested)

1. (US slang, chiefly vulgar) vagina (or, informally, vulva)

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of vagrant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /væ?/
• Rhymes: -æ?

Verb

vag (third-person singular simple present vags, present participle vagging, simple past and past participle vagged)

1. (transitive, slang) To arrest somebody as a vagrant.
   • 2002, T. R. St. George, Clyde Strikes Back (page 250)

     But I seen on the TV it was colder'n a witch's tit here so I stayed. Stuck it out. Then I caught a freight and got vagged.

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /væ?/
• Rhymes: -æ?

Noun

vag (plural vags)

1. (Britain, dated, dialect, Devon) turf used as fuel

Verb

vag (third-person singular simple present vags, present participle vagging, simple past and past participle vagged)

1. (Britain, archaic, dialect, Devon) To drag; to trail on the ground.
2. (Britain, archaic, dialect, Devon) To bend; to give; to yield.
3. (Britain, dated, dialect, Devon) To flap; to blow in the wind.

References

• Wright, Joseph (1905) The English Dialect Dictionary?^[5], volume 6, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 335

Anagrams

• AGV, AVG, Gav, VGA, avg.

Danish

Etymology

From French vague

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /va??/, [væ??j], [væj?]

Adjective

vag

1. vague

Inflection

Livonian

Alternative forms

• (Courland) va'g

Etymology

Related to Finnish vako.

Noun

vag

1. furrow

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin vagus, via French vague

Adjective

vag (neuter singular vagt, definite singular and plural vage, comparative vagere, indefinite superlative vagest, definite superlative vageste)

1. vague

References

• “vag” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin vagus, via French vague

Adjective

vag (neuter singular vagt, definite singular and plural vage, comparative vagare, indefinite superlative vagast, definite superlative vagaste)

1. vague

References

• “vag” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French vague, Latin vagus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /va?/

Adjective

vag m or n (feminine singular vag?, plural vagi)

1. vague

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

From French vague, from Latin vagus (unsteady, wandering).

Adjective

vag (comparative vagare, superlative vagast)

1. vague

   själens subtilaste infall, dess vagaste föreställningar, dess flyktigaste drömmar

   the soul's most subtle inventions, its vaguest conceptions, its most volatile dreams

Declension

Synonyms

• diffus
• otydlig

Related terms

• vackla
• vagabond
• vagant
• vaghet

References

• vag in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• vag in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

• gav

Volapük

Noun

vag (nominative plural vags)

1. emptiness

Declension

English

Etymology 1

Shortened form of various related words including vegetable, vegetarian, and vegetate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v?d?/
• Rhymes: -?d?

Adjective

veg (not comparable)

1. vegetarian

   • The food's lip-smackingly good with some veg options, and there's a ham and eggs breakfast for 3KM.

Noun

veg (countable and uncountable, plural vegs or veges or veg)

1. (colloquial) vegetable(s).
   • 2002, Tom Grahn, "Food compositions and methods of preparing the same", US Patent 6814975 [2], page 5,

     Secondary foodstuffs are exemplified by the following prepared dishes: vegetarian steaks, gratinated vegs, oven made lasagne, fish and ham with potatoes, […]

   • […] meals of meat and three veg were mostly the same three veg, beans peas potatoes, or peas carrots potatoes.

2. (chiefly India) vegetarian food.

Usage notes

• In colloquial speech this is usually pluralized simply as "veg".
• In writing this may or may not be followed by a period to mark it as an abbreviation.

Synonyms

• veggie, vegie

Derived terms

• meat and two veg

Verb

veg (third-person singular simple present vegges or veges, present participle vegging or veging, simple past and past participle vegged or veged)

1. (colloquial) to vegetate; to engage in complete inactivity; to rest

   After working hard all week, I decided to stay home and veg on Saturday.

Alternative forms

• vedge

Related terms

• veg out

Translations

Etymology 2

Coined in a 1948 paper in the American Journal of Psychology by Robert S. Harper and S. S. Stevens.[5], [6]

Noun

veg (plural vegs)

1. (psychology) A unit of subjective weight, equivalent to the perceived weight of lifting 100 grams.

References

• “veg”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Anagrams

• GeV

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch vechten, from Middle Dutch vechten, from Old Dutch fehtan, from Proto-Germanic *fehtan?, from Proto-Indo-European *pe?-.

Verb

veg (present veg, present participle vegtende, past participle geveg)

1. to fight

Derived terms

• aanveg
• beveg

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse veikr, from Proto-Germanic *waikwaz.

Adjective

veg

1. weak, yielding

Inflection

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

veg

1. past tense of vige

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• vei

Etymology

From Old Norse vegr, from Proto-Germanic *wegaz, from Proto-Indo-European *we??-.

Noun

veg m (definite singular vegen, indefinite plural veger, definite plural vegene)

1. road
2. way
3. direction

Derived terms

See also

• gate
• sti

References

• “veg” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [????], [?æ??] (example of pronunciation)

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vegr, from Proto-Germanic *wegaz, from Proto-Indo-European *we??-. Akin to English way.

Noun

veg m (definite singular vegen, indefinite plural vegar, definite plural vegane)

1. road
2. way
3. direction

   bane veg - pave the way

Derived terms

See also

• gate
• stig

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

veg

1. present of vega
2. imperative of vega

References

• “veg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Volapük

Etymology

From German Weg.

Noun

veg (nominative plural vegs)

1. road, way

Declension

Westrobothnian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?e??/, /?e???/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vegr, from Proto-Germanic *wegaz, from Proto-Indo-European *we??-.

Noun

veg m (definite vägjen, plural vega)

1. road, way

   Han knallä säg hejmät vägjen

   He slowly walked home along the road.

Derived terms

See also

• göto
• stig

Etymology 2

Verb

veg

1. present singular of vega
2. imperative singular of vega