shag
/ʃæɡ/
verb
- To chase and catch a ball, especially in baseball or softball practice.
- He loves to shag balls during batting practice.
- The players spent the afternoon shagging fly balls in the outfield.
- Can you shag some grounders for me before the game?
- To have sexual intercourse with someone. (Note: This sense is common but may be considered informal or vulgar; included for completeness.)
- The novel contained a scene where the characters shag in a hotel room.
- In British slang, to shag someone means to sleep with them.
- The movie had a joke about shagging on the beach.
Synonyms
noun
- A type of carpet or rug with long, thick, rough fibers.
- She vacuumed the shag carefully to avoid tangling the fibers.
- They installed a soft beige shag in the living room.
- The old shag in the basement was dusty and worn out.
- A hairstyle with long, uneven layers, popular in the 1970s.
- She got a shag haircut that framed her face nicely.
- The stylist recommended a modern shag with bangs.
- His shag was all the rage back in high school.
- A cormorant, especially the European shag (a seabird).
- A shag perched on the rocky cliff near the ocean.
- The shag dove into the water to catch a fish.
- We spotted a shag drying its wings in the sun.