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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

Clipping of vigorish, from Yiddish ???????? (vigrish), from Russian ???????? (výigryš, “winnings”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v??/
• Rhymes: -??

Noun

vig (countable and uncountable, plural vigs)

1. (slang) Synonym of vigorish (“charge taken on bets”)
2. (US slang, crime) Synonym of vigorish (“interest from a loan, as from a loan shark”)
   • 1973, Martin Scorsese, Mardik Martin (screenplay), Mean Streets, quoted in 2009, Ellis Cashmore, Martin Scorsese's America, page 118,

     “You charged a guy from the neighborhood $1800 vig?” he asks incredulously (“vig” is short for vigorish, meaning a rate of interest from a loan from an illegal moneylender).
3. Synonym of vigorish (“commission, finder's fee, or similar extra charge”)

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *uig-, from Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (“to revolve, turn, twist”). Cognate to Old English wice (“patch”) and Old Norse vik (“bight”).

Noun

vig m (indefinite plural vigje, definite singular vigu, definite plural vigjet)

1. stretcher, litter, bier, transition (consisting of beams)

Declension

Derived terms

• vigan

References

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi??/, [??i?]
• Homophone: hvi

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vík, from Proto-Germanic *w?k? (“village; inlet”), cognate with Norwegian, Swedish vik, English wick, Dutch wijk. Borrowed from Latin v?cus.

Noun

vig c (singular definite vigen, plural indefinite vige)

1. inlet (arm of the sea)

Inflection

Derived terms

• mundvig

References

• “vig” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

vig

1. imperative of vige

Romanian

Etymology

From Hungarian vég

Noun

vig n (plural viguri)

1. bolt of fabric

Declension

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -i??

Verb

vig

1. imperative of viga.

Adjective

vig (comparative vigare, superlative vigast)

1. (of a person) limber, supple

Anagrams

• giv

Volapük

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vi?]

Noun

vig (nominative plural vigs)

1. week
2. sennight, sevennight

Declension