fag
/fæɡ/
noun
- A tiring or boring task; hard work.
- Cleaning the garage was a real fag, but we got it done.
- Sorting through all those papers is such a fag.
- He found the long commute a daily fag.
- A younger student who does chores for an older student, especially in British boarding schools.
- He was assigned as a fag to the head boy.
- In the old school system, a new boy might serve as a fag for a senior.
- The tradition of having a fag has mostly disappeared from modern schools.
verb
- To work hard; to tire out.
- Don't fag yourself over such a small project.
- I fagged all afternoon in the garden.
- She fagged herself out by running the marathon.
- For a younger student to do chores for an older student in British boarding schools.
- The new boys were expected to fag for the older ones.
- He fagged for the captain of the rugby team.
- He had to fag for the senior prefects during his first year.