FAG END

Pronunciation (US):

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

1. the time of the last part of something
2. the frayed end of a length of cloth or rope

  Familiarity information: FAG END used as a noun is rare.

• FAG END (noun)

Meaning:

The time of the last part of something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

fag end; tail end; tail

Context examples:

the fag end of this crisis-ridden century / the tail of the storm

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

end; ending (the point in time at which something ends)

Meaning:

The frayed end of a length of cloth or rope

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

end; oddment; remainder; remnant (a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold)