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stag

UK/staɡ/ US/stæɡ/ fairly common slang uk
noun (2) verb (3)

noun

1.

male red deer

Synonyms
2.

verb

1.

attend a dance or a party without a female companion

2.

give away information about somebody

  • “He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam”
Synonyms
3.

Origin

From Middle English stagge, steg, from Old English stagga, stacga (“a stag”) and possibly Old Norse steggi, steggr (“a male animal”), both from Proto-Germanic *staggijô, *staggijaz (“male, male deer, porcupine”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *stegʰ-, *stengʰ- (“to sting; rod, blade; sharp, stiff”). Doublet of steg (“gander”). Cognate with Icelandic steggi, steggur (“tomcat, male fox”). Related to staggard, staggon.

Phrases

  • baby stag
  • bull stag
  • fag stag
  • hog stag
  • Kashmir stag
  • stag beetle
  • stag do
  • stag film

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