Shag

[ʃæg] or [ʃæɡ]

Definition

(noun.) a lively dance step consisting of hopping on each foot in turn.

(noun.) a fabric with long coarse nap; 'he bought a shag rug'.

(noun.) a matted tangle of hair or fiber; 'the dog's woolly shag'.

(noun.) a strong coarse tobacco that has been shredded.

(verb.) dance the shag.

Editor: Upton--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) Coarse hair or nap; rough, woolly hair.

(n.) A kind of cloth having a long, coarse nap.

(n.) A kind of prepared tobacco cut fine.

(n.) Any species of cormorant.

(a.) Hairy; shaggy.

(v. t.) To make hairy or shaggy; hence, to make rough.

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Definition

n. woolly hair: cloth with a rough nap: a kind of tobacco cut into shreds.—adj. rough hairy.—v.t. to roughen make shaggy.—v.i. (Spens.) to hang in shaggy clusters.—adjs. Shag′-eared (Shak.) having shaggy or rough ears; Shag′ged shaggy rough.—n. Shag′gedness.—adv. Shag′gily.—n. Shag′giness.—adjs. Shag′gy covered with rough hair or wool: rough: rugged; Shag′-haired having long rough hair.

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