shag

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• /ˈʃæɡ/
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• /ˈʃeɪ̯ɡ/ Upper Midwestern US, Northwestern US, Canada
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• CMU ARPABET: SH AE1 G Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Old English sċeacga Middle English *schagge English shag From Middle English *schagge, from Old English sċeacga (“hair, wool”), from Proto-Germanic *skaggô, *skaggiją (“projection, bristly hair, stem”), *skag- (“to emerge, stick out, protrude”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kek- (“to jump, move, hurry”). Akin to Old Norse skegg (“beard”) (compare Danish skæg, Norwegian skjegg, Swedish skägg). Related to shake and shock via the root.

From shagged or shagged out, originally British colloquialisms.

Unknown. Perhaps a derivative of Etymology 1, above, with reference to the shaggy crest of the European shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis).

From Middle English schaggen, a variant of Middle English schoggen (“to shake; shake off; tremble”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps a byform of Middle English schokken (“to shake; move rapidly”), related to Middle Low German schokken (“to shake; tremble”). Alternatively, perhaps ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *skakkōn (“to shake”), specifically continuing a post-Proto-Germanic variant *skagg-, where the non-singular stem *skag- caused the analogical replacement of the stem-final voiceless geminate consonants with voiced geminates, which was then leveled throughout the paradigm.

Blend of shower (“bridal shower”) + stag (“bachelor party”).

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122 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Finnish: tukko — matted material
• Greek: φλόκι (flóki) — matted material
• Italian: intreccio — matted material
• Italian: viluppo — matted material
• Italian: intrico — matted material
• Portuguese: guedelha — matted material
• Portuguese: grenha — matted material
• Sicilian: ntrizzu (scn) — matted material
• Sicilian: ntrallazzu (scn) — matted material
• Sicilian: ghiòmmiru viluppo (scn) — matted material
• Bulgarian: махо́рка (mahórka) — coarse shredded tobacco
• Dutch: shag — coarse shredded tobacco
• Finnish: sätkätupakka — coarse shredded tobacco
• French: tabac à rouler — coarse shredded tobacco
• Italian: trinciato — coarse shredded tobacco
• Italian: tabacco grossolano — coarse shredded tobacco
• Russian: махо́рка (maxórka) — coarse shredded tobacco
• Finnish: karvalanka — type of rough carpet pile
• Basque: ubarroi — sea bird
• Breton: marvaout — sea bird
• Breton: chop — sea bird
• Breton: kormoran — sea bird
• Breton: morvaout — sea bird
• Bulgarian: качулат корморан (kačulat kormoran) — sea bird
• Chinese Mandarin: 欧鸬鹚 (oulúcí) — sea bird
• Danish: skarv — sea bird
• Danish: topskarv — sea bird
• Dutch: kuifaalscholver — sea bird
• Faroese: skarvur — sea bird
• Finnish: merimetso — sea bird
• Finnish: karimetso — sea bird
• French: cormoran huppé — sea bird
• German: Krähenscharbe — sea bird
• Icelandic: toppskarfur — sea bird
• Irish: seaga — sea bird
• Italian: marangone — sea bird
• Lithuanian: kormoranas — sea bird
• Maltese: margun tat-toppu — sea bird
• Manx: feeagh marrey — sea bird
• Manx: hulpin — sea bird
• Norman: cormouothan — sea bird
• Portuguese: corvo-marinho — sea bird
• Russian: бакла́н (baklán) — sea bird
• Scottish Gaelic: cailleach-dhubh — sea bird
• Spanish: cormorán — sea bird
• Spanish: cormorán moñudo — sea bird
• Swedish: toppskarv — sea bird
• Finnish: shag — swing dance
• Russian: шэг (šɛg) — swing dance
• Dutch: wip — act of sex
• Faroese: mogg — act of sex
• Faroese: lítið — act of sex
• Faroese: putt — act of sex
• Faroese: nipp — act of sex
• Faroese: hopp — act of sex
• Faroese: nummar — act of sex
• Finnish: pano — act of sex
• French: baise — act of sex
• German: Fick — act of sex
• Greek: γαμήσι (gamísi) — act of sex
• Indonesian: bercinta — act of sex
• Italian: scopata — act of sex
• Norwegian: knull — act of sex
• Portuguese: foda — act of sex
• Russian: тра́ханье (tráxanʹje) — act of sex
• Spanish: polvo — act of sex
• Swedish: knull — act of sex
• Swedish: ligg — act of sex
• Dutch: wip — sexual partner
• Finnish: pano — sexual partner
• German: Fickpartner — sexual partner
• German: Fickpartnerin — sexual partner
• German: Fick — sexual partner
• Italian: compagno — sexual partner
• Portuguese: foda — sexual partner
• Russian: тра́халь (tráxalʹ) — sexual partner
• Russian: тра́хальщица (tráxalʹščica) — sexual partner
• Spanish: polvo — sexual partner
• Swedish: knull — sexual partner
• Swedish: ligg — sexual partner
• Dutch: wiebelen — to shake
• Finnish: vipeltää — to shake
• Italian: dimenarsi — to shake
• Italian: agitarsi — to shake
• Polish: mieszać — to shake
• Portuguese: agitar — to shake
• Russian: меша́ть (mešátʹ) — to shake
• Russian: трясти́ (trjastí) — to shake
• Swedish: skaka — to shake
• Chinese Mandarin: 幹 /干 (gàn) — to have sex with
• Chinese Mandarin: 搞 (gǎo) — to have sex with
• Dutch: wippen — to have sex with
• Estonian: nikkuma — to have sex with
• Finnish: panna — to have sex with
• French: sauter — to have sex with
• French: baiser — to have sex with
• German: bumsen — to have sex with
• German: ficken — to have sex with
• Italian: scopare — to have sex with
• Italian: chiavare — to have sex with
• Japanese: エッチする (etchi suru) — to have sex with
• Japanese: 犯す (okasu) — to have sex with
• Japanese: ファックする (fakku suru) — to have sex with
• Japanese: やる (yaru) — to have sex with
• Lithuanian: dulkintis — to have sex with
• Norwegian: knulle — to have sex with
• Polish: pieprzyć się — to have sex with
• Portuguese: comer — to have sex with
• Russian: тра́хать (tráxatʹ) — to have sex with
• Serbo-Croatian: kresnuti — to have sex with
• Spanish: joder — to have sex with
• Swedish: knulla — to have sex with
• Swedish: ligga — to have sex with
• Thai: เย็ด — to have sex with
• Thai: ร่วมเพศ (rûuam-pêet) — to have sex with
• Uzbek: qoqish — to have sex with
• Vietnamese: quan hệ tình dục — to have sex with
• Welsh: sielffo — to have sex with
• Italian: pedinare — to chase after
• Italian: seguire — to chase after
• Italian: stare alle calcagna — to chase after
• Russian: гоня́ться (gonjátʹsja) — to chase after