Definition of fag Fag
/fæˈg/ - [fatg] - fag
We found 25 definitions of fag from 7 different sources.
What does fag mean?
WordNet
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| fag - act as a servant for older boys, in British public schools | ||
| wait on, attend to, assist, attend, serve get down to; pay attention to; take seriously; "Attend to your duties, please" | ||
| fag - work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long" | ||
| labor, labour, toil, travail, grind, drudge, dig, moil | ||
| do work, work arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion; "The stitches of the hem worked loose after she wore the skirt many times" | ||
| fag - exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress; "We wore ourselves out on this hike" | ||
| tire, wear upon, tire out, wear, weary, jade, wear out, outwear, wear down, fag out, fatigue | ||
| refreshen, freshen, refresh become or make oneself fresh again; "She freshened up after the tennis game" | ||
| indispose cause to feel unwell; "She was indisposed" | ||
| tucker, tucker out, exhaust, wash up, beat wear out completely; "This kind of work exhausts me"; "I'm beat"; "He was all washed up after the exam" | ||
| overfatigue, overtire, overweary tire excessively | ||
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Wiktionary 
- fag (Noun)
In textile inspections, a rough or coarse defect in the woven fabric. - fag (Noun)
A photovoltaic cell that is no longer in use. - fag (Noun)
A cigarette. - fag (Noun)
The worst part or end of a thing. - fag (Noun)
A chore; an arduous and tiresome task. - fag (Noun)
Term used in UK public school s for a younger student acting as a servant for senior students. - fag (Noun)
A homosexual person, especially a male. - fag (Noun)
A particularly conspicuous non- straight-acting homosexual male. - fag (Noun)
An annoying person. - fag (Verb)
To make exhausted, tired out. - fag (Verb)
To droop; to tire. - fag (Verb)
For a younger student to act as a servant for senior students in UK public school s.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- fag (n.)
A knot or coarse part in cloth. - fag (v. i.)
To become weary; to tire. - fag (v. i.)
To labor to wearness; to work hard; to drudge. - fag (v. i.)
To act as a fag, or perform menial services or drudgery, for another, as in some English schools. - fag (v. t.)
To tire by labor; to exhaust; as, he was almost fagged out. - fag (v. t.)
Anything that fatigues.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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fag
Offensive term for an openly, often effeminate, homosexual man.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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fag
fag, v.i. to become weary or tired out: to work hard: to be a fag.—v.t. to weary: to use as a fag:—pr.p. fag′ging; pa.p. fagged.—n. at Eton, Winchester, &c., a schoolboy forced to do menial offices for one older, who in turn protects him: a tiresome piece of work: drudgery.—ns. Fag′gery, drudgery: fagging; Fag′ging, laborious drudgery: a usage in virtue of which senior boys are authorised to exact a variety of services from the junior boys.—To fag out, to field, as a fag, in cricket. [Ety. dub.; perh. a corr. of flag, to droop, which see.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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fag
To tire.--A fag. A deputy labouring-man, or one who works hard for another.
