fag
noun
[ faɡ ]
• a tiring or unwelcome task.
• "it's too much of a fag to drive all the way there and back again"
Similar:
chore,
slog,
grind,
drudgery,
exertion,
trouble,
bother,
pain,
hardship,
bore,
sweat,
• a junior pupil at a public school who does minor chores for a senior pupil.
• "a fag at school who has suffered a well-earned beating"
fag
verb
• work hard, especially at a tedious task.
• "he didn't have to fag away in a lab to get the right answer"
Origin:
mid 16th century (as a verb in the sense ‘grow weary’): of unknown origin. Compare with flag4.
fag
noun
• a gay man.
Origin:
1920s: short for faggot (sense 1 of the noun).
fag
noun
• a cigarette.
• "she's got a fag in her mouth, and she's squinting her eyes against the smoke"
Similar:
cigarette,
cig,
ciggy,
tab,
tube,
smoke,
cancer stick,
coffin nail,
snout,
gasper,
burn,
Origin:
late 19th century: elliptically from fag end.
