fag
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fag (fag)
intransitive verb fagged, fagging fag′·ging
- to work hard and become very tired
- Brit., Informal to serve as a fag or servant
Etymology: < ? fag end
transitive verb
- to make tired by hard work
- Brit., Informal to employ (a boy) as a fag or servant
noun
- Brit., Informal
- hard, tiring work; drudgery
- fatigue; weariness
- a boy in an English public school who acts as a servant for another boy in a higher form, or class
- a menial worker; drudge
- ☆ Slang a male homosexual: a term of contempt and hostility
Related Forms:
- faggy fag′gy adjective
fag2 definition
fag (fag)
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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