fag

fag
1. noun
a) In textile inspections, a rough or coarse defect in the woven fabric.

All of them, like my mother, were heavy smokers, and after warming themselves by the fire, they would sit on the sofa and smoke, lobbing their web fag ends into the fire.

b) A photovoltaic cell that is no longer in use.

Hed Phase Out Fag Industry: A UCLA professor has called for the phasing out of the cigarette industry....

2. verb
a) To make exhausted, tired out.
b) To droop; to tire.

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  • fag — fag; fag·gery; fag·o·py·rism; fag·o·py·rum; fag·ot·er; fag·ot·ing; fag·got·ry; fag·goty; fag·ot; fag·got·ing; fag·got·ty; fag·o·py·ris·mus; …   English syllables

  • fag — FAG, fagi, s.m. Copac înalt cu coaja netedă, alburie sau cenuşie şi cu lemnul tare, cu frunze ovale, netede, lucioase, cu perişori fini pe margini (Fagus silvatica). – lat. fagus. Trimis de cornel, 05.05.2004. Sursa: DEX 98  fag adj. m., pl.… …   Dicționar Român

  • fag — fag1 [fag] vi. fagged, fagging [< ? FAG END] 1. to work hard and become very tired 2. [Brit. Informal] to serve as a fag or servant vt. 1. to make tired by hard work 2. [Brit. Informal] to employ (a boy) as a fag or servant …   English World dictionary

  • Fag — Fag, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fagged} (f[a^]gd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Fagging} (f[a^]g g[i^]ng).] [Cf. LG. fakk wearied, weary, vaak slumber, drowsiness, OFries. fai, equiv. to f[=a]ch devoted to death, OS. f[=e]gi, OHG. feigi, G. feig, feige, cowardly,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Fag — may refer to: * Fag, a British colloquialism for cigarette * Fag, a junior boy who acts or acted as servant ( Fagging ) to a senior boy at a British independent school * Fag, or Faggot (slang), an American generally pejorative word or slur for a… …   Wikipedia

  • fag — Ⅰ. fag [1] Brit. informal ► NOUN 1) a tiring or unwelcome task. 2) a junior pupil at a public school who does minor chores for a senior pupil. ► VERB (fagged, fagging) 1) work hard. 2) …   English terms dictionary

  • Fag — Fag, v. t. 1. To tire by labor; to exhaust; as, he was almost fagged out. [1913 Webster] 2. Anything that fatigues. [R.] [1913 Webster] It is such a fag, I came back tired to death. Miss Austen. [1913 Webster] {Brain fag}. (Med.) See… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • FAG — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda FAG: las siglas de la Fuerza Aérea Guatemalteca; las siglas por la que se conoció a las Fuerzas Armadas Guanches, una organización armada canaria que combatió en la década de 1970 por la independencia del… …   Wikipedia Español

  • fag — [fæg] n [Sense: 1; Date: 1800 1900; Origin: fag end] [Sense: 2; Date: 1900 2000; Origin: faggot] [Sense: 3,4; Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Perhaps from FLAG2] 1.) BrE informal a cigarette …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • fag — fag, faggot In BrE a fag is a colloquial word for (1) a piece of drudgery or a wearisome or unwelcome task, (2) a cigarette, and (3) a junior pupil at a public school who runs errands for a senior. In BrE a faggot is a ball or roll of seasoned… …   Modern English usage

  • fag — sb., et, fag, ene, i sms. fag , fx fagkreds, fagområde …   Dansk ordbog

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