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scag

noun · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /skæɡ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -æɡ

1

noun

Meaning 1

Heroin.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: slang, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Big H, boy, brown sugar, brown, bujj, diacetylmorphine, diamorphine, dog food, dope, dugee, henry, heroin, horse, H, junk, muck, mud, ron, scag, smack, spider, sugar, whiteboy, white lady, yam yam

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A woman of loose morals.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, derogatory, slang

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A cigarette.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, countable, dated, slang

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bine, blem, bogie, boagie, butt, cancerette, cancer stick, boon, cig, ciggy, coffin nail, cowboy killer, darb, dart, death stick, durben, durrie, durry, fag, gaf, gasper, gwaai, lung dart, neen, oily rag, paper cigar, rig, rolly, quirly, scag, skyf, snout, smoke, square, stick, stinky stick, stoge, stoag, stogie, stoagie, straight, straighter, tab, toby rib, twiff, vogue, zig-zag

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To destroy the data on a disk, either by corrupting the file system or by causing media damage.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Examples

  • That last power hit scagged the system disk.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

street names for heroin

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: big H, hell dust, nose drops, smack, thunder, skag

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: heroin, diacetylmorphine

History

Etymology

Unknown. Compare scat (“heroin; whiskey”), slag (“waste; a prostitute”), skank (“a disreputable woman”).