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fag 1

(făg)
n. Chiefly British
1.
a. A student at a boarding school who is required to perform menial tasks for a student in a higher grade.
b. A drudge.
2. Fatiguing or tedious work; drudgery.
v. fagged, fag·ging, fags
v.tr. Informal
To exhaust; weary: Four hours on the tennis court fagged me out.
v.intr. Chiefly British
1. To work to exhaustion; toil.
2. To function as the servant of another student in a boarding school.
[From fag, to droop (obsolete), perhaps from Middle English fagge; see fag end.]

fag 2

(făg)
n. Slang
A cigarette.
[Short for fag end.]

fag 3

(făg)
n. Offensive Slang
Used as a disparaging term for a gay man.
[Short for faggot.]
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fag

(fæɡ)
n
1. informal a boring or wearisome task: it's a fag having to walk all that way.
2. (Education) Brit (esp formerly) a young public school boy who performs menial chores for an older boy or prefect
vb, fags, fagging or fagged
3. informal (when: tr, often foll by out) to become or cause to become exhausted by hard toil or work
4. (usually intr) Brit to do or cause to do menial chores in a public school: Brown fags for Lee.
[C18: of obscure origin]

fag

(fæɡ)
n
1. (Recreational Drugs) Brit a slang word for cigarette
2. a fag end, as of cloth
[C16 (in the sense: something hanging loose, flap): of obscure origin]

fag

(fæɡ)
n
slang chiefly US and Canadian short for faggot 2
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fag1

(fæg)

n., v. fagged, fag•ging. n.
1. Slang. a cigarette.
2. Chiefly Brit. drudgery; toil.
3. Brit. a younger pupil in a British public school required to perform certain menial tasks for an older pupil.
4. a drudge.
v.t.
5. to tire or weary by labor (often fol. by out).
6. Brit. to require to do the menial chores of a fag.
v.i.
7. Chiefly Brit. to work until wearied; work hard.
8. Brit. to do menial chores for an older public-school pupil.
[1425–75; late Middle English fagge broken thread in cloth, loose end, drooping end > to droop, tire > to make weary > drudgery, drudge; (definition 6) a shortening of fag end]

fag2

(fæg)

n.
usage: This term is usually used with disparaging intent and perceived as insulting. However, it is also used by homosexuals as a positive term of self-reference.
—n.
Slang: Usually Disparaging and Offensive. (a term used to refer to a male homosexual.)
[1920–25, Amer.]
fag′gy, adj. -gi•er, -gi•est.
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fag


Past participle: fagged
Gerund: fagging

Imperative
fag
fag
Present
I fag
you fag
he/she/it fags
we fag
you fag
they fag
Preterite
I fagged
you fagged
he/she/it fagged
we fagged
you fagged
they fagged
Present Continuous
I am fagging
you are fagging
he/she/it is fagging
we are fagging
you are fagging
they are fagging
Present Perfect
I have fagged
you have fagged
he/she/it has fagged
we have fagged
you have fagged
they have fagged
Past Continuous
I was fagging
you were fagging
he/she/it was fagging
we were fagging
you were fagging
they were fagging
Past Perfect
I had fagged
you had fagged
he/she/it had fagged
we had fagged
you had fagged
they had fagged
Future
I will fag
you will fag
he/she/it will fag
we will fag
you will fag
they will fag
Future Perfect
I will have fagged
you will have fagged
he/she/it will have fagged
we will have fagged
you will have fagged
they will have fagged
Future Continuous
I will be fagging
you will be fagging
he/she/it will be fagging
we will be fagging
you will be fagging
they will be fagging
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been fagging
you have been fagging
he/she/it has been fagging
we have been fagging
you have been fagging
they have been fagging
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been fagging
you will have been fagging
he/she/it will have been fagging
we will have been fagging
you will have been fagging
they will have been fagging
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been fagging
you had been fagging
he/she/it had been fagging
we had been fagging
you had been fagging
they had been fagging
Conditional
I would fag
you would fag
he/she/it would fag
we would fag
you would fag
they would fag
Past Conditional
I would have fagged
you would have fagged
he/she/it would have fagged
we would have fagged
you would have fagged
they would have fagged
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun 1. [画像:fag - offensive term for an openly homosexual man]fag - offensive term for an openly homosexual man
derogation, disparagement, depreciation - a communication that belittles somebody or something
gay man, shirtlifter - a homosexual man
2. [画像:fag - finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper]fag - finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking
cigarette butt - small part of a cigarette that is left after smoking
cubeb cigarette, cubeb - a cigarette containing cubeb
filter-tipped cigarette - a cigarette with a filter tip
marijuana cigarette, reefer, spliff, joint, stick - marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking
roll of tobacco, smoke - tobacco leaves that have been made into a cylinder
Verb 1. fag - act as a servant for older boys, in British public schools
wait on, attend to, assist, attend, serve - work for or be a servant to; "May I serve you?"; "She attends the old lady in the wheelchair"; "Can you wait on our table, please?"; "Is a salesperson assisting you?"; "The minister served the King for many years"
2. [画像:fag - work hard]fag - work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long"
do work, work - be employed; "Is your husband working again?"; "My wife never worked"; "Do you want to work after the age of 60?"; "She never did any work because she inherited a lot of money"; "She works as a waitress to put herself through college"
3. [画像:fag - exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress]fag - exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress; "We wore ourselves out on this hike"
indispose - cause to feel unwell; "She was indisposed"
exhaust, tucker, tucker out, wash up, beat - wear out completely; "This kind of work exhausts me"; "I'm beat"; "He was all washed up after the exam"
overfatigue, overtire, overweary - tire excessively
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fag

1
noun (Slang) cigarette, smoke, ciggy (informal), cancer stick (slang), coffin nail (slang), gasper (slang) A woman on her doorstep asked if he could spare a fag.

fag

2
noun (Offensive slang) homosexual, queen (slang), gay, fairy (slang), queer (informal, derogatory), homo (informal, derogatory), bender (slang), poof (Brit. & Austral. derogatory slang), nancy boy (slang), poofter (slang), batty boy (slang), catamite, shirt-lifter (derogatory slang), woofter (derogatory slang)
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fag

noun
1. One who works or toils tirelessly:
Informal: grind, workhorse.
2. Chiefly British. Physical exertion that is usually difficult and exhausting:
Informal: sweat.
Idiom: sweat of one's brow.
verb
1. To exert one's mental or physical powers, usually under difficulty and to the point of exhaustion:
2. To make extremely tired.Also used with out:
Informal: knock out, tucker (out).
Slang: do in, poop (out).
Idioms: run ragged, take it out of.
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Translations
سِيجَارَة سيجارَه باللغه العامِيَّهكَدْح، عَمَل مُمِل وصَعْب
cigaretadřinaretkaretko
smøgcigaretslavearbejdeslid
ikävä hommarööki
cigareta
buzicigarettacigihomoszexuálismeleg
rettastrit, puî
つまらない仕事
고된 일
didžiulis sunkus darbasnuorūkanusivaręs nuo koto
cigaretenogurdinošs/apnicīgs darbs
cigg
บุหรี่
sigara zor iş
گانڈو
điếu thuốc

fag

[fæg]
A. N
1. (Brit) (= cigarette) → pitillo m, cigarro m
2. (esp US) (= homosexual) → marica m
3. (Brit) (o.f.) (= effort, job) → lata f
what a fag! → ¡qué lata!
it's just too much of a fag → la verdad, es mucho trabajo
4. (Brit) (Scol) alumno joven que trabaja para otro mayor
B. VT (also fag out) (= exhaust) → dejar rendido
to be fagged (out) → estar rendido
C. VI to fag for sb (Brit) (Scol) → trabajar para algn
D. CPD fag end N [of cigarette] → colilla f (fig) (= remainder) → final m
fag hag N mujer a la que le gusta la compañía de hombres homosexuales
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fag

[ˈfæg] n
(British) (= cigarette) → clope f
(= chore) what a fag! → quelle corvée!
(US) (offensive) (= homosexual) → pédé m fag end n
[cigarette] → mégot m
(= remainder) → reste m; [conversation] → dernières bribes fplfagged out adj (British) (= exhausted) → crevé(e)
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

fag

(inf)
n
no pl (Brit = drudgery) → Schinderei f, → Plackerei f
(Brit: = cigarette) → Kippe f (inf), → Glimmstängel m (dated inf)
(Brit, Sch) junger Internatsschüler, der einem älteren bestimmte Dienste zu leisten hat
(esp US sl: = homosexual) → Schwule(r) m (inf)
vt (Brit inf: also fag out) → erschöpfen, schlauchen (inf); to be fagged (out) → kaputt or geschafft sein (inf)
vi (Brit)
(also fag away) → sich abrackern (inf), → sich abplagen
(Sch) einem älteren Schüler Dienste leisten
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fag

1 [fæg]
1. n
a. (Brit) (fam) (effort, job, chore) → faticata, sfacchinata
b. (Brit) (Scol) studente che fa piccoli servizi ad uno più anziano
2. vt (fam) (also fag out) → stancare, affaticare

fag

2 [fæg] n (Brit) (fam) (cigarette) → sigaretta, cicca
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

fag

(fӕg) noun
1. hard or boring work. It was a real fag to clean the whole house. geswoeg, gesloof, moeite كَدْح، عَمَل مُمِل وصَعْب ангария chatice dřina die Schinderei slid; slavearbejde αγγαρεία faena, lata vaev کار خسته کننده riesa corvée עֲבוֹדָה מְיַיגַעַת कठिन एवं थकाने वाला काम mučan posao robot kerja berat strit, puð faticata 骨折り仕事 힘든 일 didžiulis sunkus darbas nogurdinošs/apnicīgs darbs kerja berat corvee slit, slavearbeid harówka ستری کیدل chatice ţigară волынка drina garanje težak posao slitgöra, knog งานที่ยากลําบากหรือน่าเบื่อหน่าย zor iş 苦差事 важка, виснажлива робота محنت طلب اور بے لطف کام công việc mệt nhọc 苦工,苦差事
2. a slang word for a cigarette. I'm dying for a fag. sigaret سيجارَه باللغه العامِيَّه фас cigarro retka, cigareta der Glimmstengel smøg; cigaret τσιγάρο pitillo, cigarro pläru سیگار rööki cigarette סִגָריָה सिगरेट cigareta cigi rokok (síga)retta sigaretta 巻きたばこ 담배 dūmas, užtraukti dūmą cigarete rokok sigaret sigarett, røyk ćmik سګریټ cigarro/paivante (outra mais moderna?) сигарета ciga (cigareta) čik pljuga cigg, tagg บุหรี่ (คําไม่เป็นทางการ) sigara 香煙 цигарка سگریٹ کے لیے عام لفظ thuốc lá 香烟
fag-end noun
the small, useless piece of a cigarette that remains after it has been smoked. The ashtray was full of fag-ends; the fag-end of the conversation. stompie بِقِيَّه، عَقب السيجاره، حُثالَه угарка ponta de cigarro špaček; zbytek das Ende, die Kippe skod; slutning απομεινάρι, αποτσίγαρο colilla koni ته مانده tumppi mégot בְּדָל סִיגָריָה सबसे अंतिम एवं तुच्छ भाग, सिगरेट का टुकड़ा, वस्त्र का सिरा ostatak (cigarette) (cigaretta)csikk puntung (sígarettu)stubbur mozzicone, cicca 吸いがら 담배 꽁초 nuorūka sarunas beigas puntung peuk sigarettstump pet د سګریټ فیلتر ponta de cigarro окурок; конец ohorok; koniec ogorek opušak fimp, sluttamp ก้นบุหรี่ izmarit 煙頭 недокурок سگریٹ کا بچا ہوا ٹکڑا mẩu thuốc lá còn lại sau khi hút 烟头
fagged out
very tired. I'm completely fagged out after that long walk. uitgeput, pootuit مُرهَق، مُتْعَب جدا изтощен exausto utahaný, vyčerpaný erschöpft udkørt ξεθεωμένος agotado, hecho polvo, molido äravaevatud بسیار خسته lopen uupunut crevé תשוש बहुत थका हुआ izmoren, iscrpljen kimerült lelah dauðþreyttur stremato へとへとである 매우 지친 nusivaręs nuo koto pārguris letih doodmoe utmattet, utkjørt skonany دیره ستره exausto rupt de oboseală вымотанный vyčerpaný na smrt utrujen iscrpljen utsjasad, utpumpad เหนื่อยมาก çok yorgun 非常疲倦 знесилений بہت تھکا ہوا kiệt sức 非常疲倦
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fag

→ سِيجَارَة retko smøg Plackerei αγγαρεία pitillo ikävä homma clope cigareta sigaretta つまらない仕事 고된 일 saffie slit harówka cigarro сигарета cigg บุหรี่ sigara điếu thuốc 香烟
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On the instant, out of the profound of my brain- fag, I knew what I wanted.
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The two characters which opened the comedy of The Rivals, "Fag" and "The Coachman," appeared on the scene -- looked many sizes too tall for their canvas background, which represented a "Street in Bath" -- exhibited the customary inability to manage their own arms, legs, and voices -- went out severally at the wrong exits -- and expressed their perfect approval of results, so far, by laughing heartily behind the scenes.
Lucy returned to the stage for her scenes in the second act (the last in which she appears) with Sir Lucius and Fag. Here, again, Magdalen's inexperience betrayed itself -- and here once more her resolution in attacking and conquering her own mistakes astonished everybody.
"Fag" and "the Coachman," who opened the scene, took leave of their memories as soon as they stepped on the stage; left half their dialogue unspoken; came to a dead pause; were audibly entreated by the invisible manager to "come off"; and went off accordingly, in every respect sadder and wiser men than when they went on.
Thank ye, sir, thank ye," said Dagley, with a loud snarling irony which made Fag the sheep-dog stir from his seat and prick his ears; but seeing Monk enter the yard after some outside loitering, Fag seated himself again in an attitude of observation.
But Dagley, only the more inclined to "have his say" with a gentleman who walked away from him, followed at once, with Fag slouching at his heels and sullenly evading some small and probably charitable advances on the part of Monk.
In the course of a week, young Blackball had constituted little Rawdon his fag, shoe-black, and breakfast toaster; initiated him into the mysteries of the Latin Grammar; and thrashed him three or four times, but not severely.
His father sagaciously tipped Blackball, his master, a sovereign, and secured that young gentleman's good-will towards his fag. As a protege of the great Lord Steyne, the nephew of a County member, and son of a Colonel and C.B., whose name appeared in some of the most fashionable parties in the Morning Post, perhaps the school authorities were disposed not to look unkindly on the child.
'Imagine my not letting him sink, as I was his fag!' said Mr.
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Fag and grind, fag and grind, turn the wheel, turn the wheel!
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To-day, however, being the School-house match, none of the School-house prepostors stay by the door to watch for truants of their side; there is carte blanche to the School-house fags to go where they like.
And now the master of the week has finished, and locked up the big school; and the prepostors of the week come out, sweeping the last remnant of the school fags, who had been loafing about the corners by the fives court, in hopes of a chance of bolting, before them into the close.