fag

IPA: fˈæg

noun

  • (US, technical) In textile inspections, a rough or coarse defect in the woven fabric.
  • (UK, Ireland, Australia, colloquial, now offensive in US and Canada) A cigarette.
  • (UK, obsolete, colloquial) The worst part or end of a thing.
  • (Britain, colloquial, now rare, now offensive in US and Canada) A chore: an arduous and tiresome task.
  • (Britain, education, historical, colloquial, now offensive in US and Canada) A younger student acting as a servant for senior students.
  • (chiefly US, Canada, vulgar, usually offensive, sometimes endearing) A homosexual man, especially (usually derogatory) an effeminate or unusual one.
  • (US, vulgar, offensive) An annoying person.

verb

  • (transitive, colloquial, used mainly in passive form, now rare, now offensive in US and Canada) To make exhausted, tired out.
  • (intransitive, colloquial, now rare, now offensive in US and Canada) To droop; to tire.
  • (intransitive, Britain, education, historical, colloquial, now offensive in US and Canada) (of a younger student) To act as a servant for senior students in many British boarding schools.
  • (transitive, Britain, education, historical, colloquial, now offensive in US and Canada) To have (a younger student) act as a servant in this way.
  • (intransitive, Britain, now rare, now offensive in US and Canada) To work hard, especially on menial chores.
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