FAG (fagged, fagging)

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fag mean? 

• FAG (noun)
  The noun FAG has 2 senses:

1. offensive terms for an openly homosexual man
2. finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking

  Familiarity information: FAG used as a noun is rare.

• FAG (verb)
  The verb FAG has 3 senses:

1. act as a servant for older boys, in British public schools
2. work hard
3. exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress

  Familiarity information: FAG used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAG (noun)

Meaning:

Offensive terms for an openly homosexual man

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

queer; pouf; poove; poof; nance; fagot; faggot; fag; fairy; pansy; queen

Hypernyms ("fag" is a kind of...):

gay man; shirtlifter (a homosexual man)

Meaning:

Finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

cigaret; cigarette; coffin nail; fag; butt

Hypernyms ("fag" is a kind of...):

roll of tobacco; smoke (tobacco leaves that have been made into a cylinder)

Meronyms (parts of "fag"):

cigarette butt (small part of a cigarette that is left after smoking)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fag"):

cubeb; cubeb cigarette (a cigarette containing cubeb)

filter-tipped cigarette (a cigarette with a filter tip)

joint; marijuana cigarette; reefer; spliff; stick (marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking)

• FAG (verb)

Meaning:

Act as a servant for older boys, in British public schools

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "fag" is one way to...):

assist; attend; attend to; serve; wait on (work for or be a servant to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Meaning:

Work hard

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

travail; drudge; toil; moil; labour; labor; fag; dig; grind

Context examples:

She was digging away at her math homework / Lexicographers drudge all day long

Hypernyms (to "fag" is one way to...):

do work; work (be employed)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Meaning:

Exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

wear down; wear out; wear upon; fag out; weary; tire out; tire; outwear; jade; fatigue; fag; wear

Context example:

We wore ourselves out on this hike

Hypernyms (to "fag" is one way to...):

indispose (cause to feel unwell)

Cause:

fatigue; jade; pall; tire; weary (get tired of something or somebody)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "fag"):

beat; exhaust; tucker; tucker out; wash up (wear out completely)

overfatigue; overtire; overweary (tire excessively)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody