Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Rough, coarse, thick, or unkempt: long and tangled; shaggy.
  • Figuratively, covered with scrub, or with some scrubby growth; rugged; rough: as, shagged hillsides.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Shaggy; rough.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective vulgar Extremely tired
  • adjective rare Having or covered with shaggy hair.
  • adjective obsolete Unkempt; clothed in rags; ragged.
  • adjective obsolete Of garments and fabrics: having a rough or long nap.
  • adjective Covered with scrub, trees, or rough or shaggy growth.
  • adjective Jagged; having a rough, uneven surface.
  • adjective Of hair: long; rough; shaggy.
  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of shag.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective having a very rough nap or covered with hanging shags

Etymologies

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Origin uncertain. Perhaps related to fagged or to shag

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From Old English sceacgede, from sceacga ("shag")

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Examples

  • Talk about getting publicly "shagged" by a candidate who ran on the nebulous slogan of "hope and change." is a patriot, and has a real cause-Stopping illegal immigration in America.

    MND: Your Daily Dose of Counter-Theory 2009

  • Talk about getting publicly "shagged" by a candidate who ran on the nebulous slogan of "hope and change." is a patriot, and has a real cause-Stopping illegal immigration in America.

    MND: Your Daily Dose of Counter-Theory 2009

  • The sucker arrived all decked out in a gray suit and stomp boots, with arajhat stuck on his head that looked more like the rind of a muskmelon shagged from some dumpster.

    The Invasion Of Iraq Robert Crisman 2010

  • : Pirate Radio play your TITANIC DVD with a receptive to advice turned down. find your dad's aged 60's LP's and turntable, fool around these LOUD. afterwards either shag or be shagged. same effect but a expense.

    Archive 2009-11-01 admin 2009

  • I understood ACPO is non-profit and puts up the cash for national intelligence projects the Gov can't be shagged to pay for ... like the research into handling Rape Crimes. the context of the government's plans to shake up policing by putting forces – but not undercover surveillance – under the control of elected commissioners.

    Policing and surveillance: The inspector calls | Editorial 2011

  • "Rio Ferdinand shagged three hookers" would be a more newsworty headline - and he probably did.

    God is a Wee Bald Guy from Ayrshire - if you work at Scotland on Sunday Alan Smart 2009

  • Also, he shagged every woman in Hollywood but me, and the only one complaining about it is me.

    Tallulah Morehead: Dead Folks 2010: Everyone's Pushing Up Roses Tallulah Morehead 2011

  • : Pirate Radio play your TITANIC DVD with a receptive to advice turned down. find your dad's aged 60's LP's and turntable, fool around these LOUD. afterwards either shag or be shagged. same effect but a expense.

    hooooodah thunk! . . . , agin?: Pirate Radio admin 2009

  • Also, he shagged every woman in Hollywood but me, and the only one complaining about it is me.

    Tallulah Morehead: Dead Folks 2010: Everyone's Pushing Up Roses Tallulah Morehead 2011

  • "Rio Ferdinand shagged three hookers" would be a more newsworty headline - and he probably did.

    Archive 2009-04-01 Alan Smart 2009

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