shag
noun
[ ʃaɡ ]
• a carpet or rug with a long, rough pile.
• "wall-to-wall shag carpet"
• a thick, tangled hairstyle or mass of hair.
• "her hair was cut short in a boyish shag"
• a coarse kind of cut tobacco.
Origin:
late Old English sceacga ‘rough matted hair’, of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse skegg ‘beard’ and shaw2.
shag
noun
• a western European and Mediterranean cormorant with greenish-black plumage and a long curly crest in the breeding season.
Origin:
mid 16th century: perhaps a use of shag1, with reference to the bird's ‘shaggy’ crest.
shag
noun
• a dance originating in the US in the 1930s and 1940s, characterized by vigorous hopping from one foot to the other.
Origin:
of obscure derivation; perhaps from obsolete shag ‘waggle’.
shag
verb
• chase or catch (fly balls) for practice.
• "you run down to the field and hit a few baseballs and shag a few fly balls"
Origin:
early 20th century: of unknown origin.
shag
verb
• have sex with (someone).
shag
noun
• an act of having sex.
Origin:
late 18th century: of unknown origin.
