What is "shag"

Shag \Shag\, n. [AS. sceacga a bush of hair; akin to Icel. skegg the beard, Sw. sk["a]gg, Dan. skj?g. Cf. Schock of hair.]

1. Coarse hair or nap; rough, woolly hair.

   True Witney broadcloth, with its shag unshorn.
   --Gay.

2. A kind of cloth having a long, coarse nap.

3. (Com.) A kind of prepared tobacco cut fine.

4. (Zo["o]l.) Any species of cormorant.

Shag \Shag\, a. Hairy; shaggy.
--Shak.

Shag \Shag\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shagged; p. pr. & vb. n. Shagging.] To make hairy or shaggy; hence, to make rough.

Shag the green zone that bounds the boreal skies.
--J. Barlow.

1590s, "cloth having a velvet nap on one side," perhaps from Old English sceacga "rough matted hair or wool," from Proto-Germanic *skagjan (cognates: Old Norse skegg, Swedish skägg "beard"), perhaps related to Old High German scahho "promontory," Old Norse skagi "a cape, headland," with a connecting sense of "jutting out, projecting." But the word appears to be missing in Middle English. Of tobacco, "cut in fine shreds," it is recorded from 1789; of carpets, rugs, etc., from 1946.

"copulate with," 1788, probably from obsolete verb shag (late 14c.) "to shake, waggle," which probably is connected to shake (v.). \nAnd þe boot, amydde þe water, was shaggid.

[Wyclif]

in baseball, "to go after and catch" (fly balls), by 1913, of uncertain origin. Century Dictionary has it as a secondary sense of a shag (v.) "to rove about as a stroller or beggar" (1851), which is perhaps from shack (n.) "disreputable fellow" (1680s), short for shake-rag, an old term for a beggar.

Etymology 1

1. (context obsolete English) hairy; shaggy n. 1 Matted material; rough massed hair, fibres etc. 2 Coarse shredded tobacco. 3 A type of rough carpet pile. v

2. (context transitive English) To make hairy or shaggy; to roughen. Etymology 2

   n. Several species of sea birds in the family Phalacrocoracidae (cormorant family), especially the (vern common shag pedia=1) or (vern European shag pedia=1), ''Phalacrocorax aristotelis'', found on European and African coasts. Etymology 3

   n. 1 A swing dance. 2 (context slang English) An act of sexual intercourse. 3 (context slang English) A casual sexual partner. vb. 1 (context intransitive English) To shake, wiggle around. 2 (context transitive vulgar slang English) To have sexual intercourse with. 3 (context Indian transitive vulgar slang English) To masturbate. 4 To chase after; especially, to chase after and return (a ball) hit usually out of play Etymology 4

   n. (context Canada Northwestern Ontario English) A fundraising dance in honour of a couple engaged to be married.

1. n. a strong coarse tobacco that has been shredded

2. a matted tangle of hair or fiber; "the dog's woolly shag"

3. a fabric with long coarse nap; "he bought a shag rug"

4. slang terms for sexual intercourse [syn: fuck, fucking, screw, screwing, ass, nooky, nookie, piece of ass, piece of tail, roll in the hay, shtup]

5. a lively dance step consisting of hopping on each foot in turn

6. [also: shagging, shagged]

1. v. dance the shag

2. [also: shagging, shagged]

Josh Agle (born August 31, 1962) is an American artist, better known by the nickname Shag.

A shag is a rug or carpet that has a deep pile, giving it a shaggy appearance. Carpet rakes help remove dirt and restore a uniform appearance.

In recent years, shag carpeting has seen a resurgence of popularity.

Shag (also known as Shag: The Movie) is a 1989 American comedy film starring Bridget Fonda, Phoebe Cates, Annabeth Gish, Page Hannah, Jeff Yagher and Scott Coffey. The film features Carolina shag dancing and was produced in cooperation with the South Carolina Film Commission. The soundtrack album was on Sire/ Warner Bros. Records.

A shag cut is a hairstyle that has been layered to various lengths. It was created by the barber Paul McGregor. The layers are often feathered at the top and sides. The layers make the hair full around the crown, and the hair thins to fringes around the edges. This unisex style became popular after being worn by various celebrities, including Joan Jett, Mick Jagger, Rod Stewart, David Cassidy, Jane Fonda and Florence Henderson in the 1970s. During the 1990s Jennifer Aniston popularized "The Rachel" hairstyle, and Meg Ryan wore a shag in the early 2000s.

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Shag is a given name or surname of the following people

• Shag Thomas (1924–1982), American professional wrestler

• Avraham-Haim Shag (1883–1958), Israeli politician

Shag, Shags, Shagged or Shagging may refer to:

• Shag (name)
• Shag (film), a 1989 film
• Shag (fabric), a fabric typically used to make deep-pile carpets
• Shag or cormorant, a bird family
  • European shag, a specific species of the shag or cormorant family
  • Great cormorant another species of the family
• Shag (tobacco), fine-cut tobacco
• Shag (hairstyle)
• Shag (Josh Agle), American artist
• Shag, is a party and fundraiser for an engaged couple, also known as a stag and doe
• Shagging (baseball), to catch fly balls in baseball outside a game
• Shag, a character from Road Rovers
• Shags Horan (1895-1969), American baseball player
• Shagger (bruise), a temporary bruise caused by kissing, sucking or biting the skin forcefully enough to burst blood vessels beneath the skin

Shag, also known as rolling tobacco, loose tobacco, baccy and rollies is fine-cut tobacco, used to make self-made cigarettes by hand rolling the tobacco into rolling paper or injecting it into filter tubes. It got its name from the finely cut strands appearing like ' shag' and was originally considered poor quality. Various types of cut are used; most shag blends use a simple mixture of cutting styles, consisting mostly of loose cut but also krumble kake, ribbon cut and flake may be used. Some shag blends use cuts reminiscent of pipe tobacco. These were imported to the United Kingdom by Rory Innes following the Virginia tobacco plantations in North America.

A cigarette made with shag tobacco may be called a rollie, a roll-up/dole-up or hand-rolled. The flat bags in which shag is typically packaged for commercial sale are often called tobacco pouches. Oppositely, pre-processed and packaged cigarettes may be referred to colloquially as tailor-mades or straights.