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shag

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Noun

  1. Matted material; rough massed hair, fibres etc.
  2. Coarse shredded tobacco.
  3. A type of rough carpet pile.
  4. Bacon or fat, especially if with some remaining hair or bristles.
  5. A roughly-cut or torn-off piece of bread or cheese.
  6. A deliberately messy, shaggy hairstyle.
  7. Any of several species of sea birds in the family Phalacrocoracidae (cormorant family), especially a common shag or European shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis), found on European and African coasts.
  8. A swing dance.
  9. An act of sex.
  10. A casual sexual partner.
  11. A fundraising dance in honour of a couple engaged to be married.
  12. Friend; mate; buddy.

Verb

  1. To make hairy or shaggy; to roughen.
  2. To hang in shaggy clusters.
  3. To shake, wiggle around.
  4. To have sex with.
  5. To have sex.
  6. To masturbate.
  7. To chase after; especially, to chase after and return (a ball) hit usually out of play.
  8. To perform the dance called the shag.

Adjective

  1. Hairy; shaggy.
  2. Exhausted, worn out, extremely tired.
  3. Tough and exhausting.

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