Dictionary Entry
shag
shag is a 4-letter English word with 12 senses as noun, adjective, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Coarse hair or nap; rough, woolly hair. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 8 · 12 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
Coarse hair or nap; rough, woolly hair.
- 2noun
A kind of cloth having a long, coarse nap.
- 3noun
A kind of prepared tobacco cut fine.
- 4noun
Any species of cormorant.
- 5adjective
Hairy; shaggy.
- 6transitive verb
To make hairy or shaggy; hence, to make rough.
- 7noun
a lively dance step consisting of hopping on each foot in turn
- 8noun
slang for sexual intercourse
- 9noun
a fabric with long coarse nap
"he bought a shag rug"
- 10noun
a matted tangle of hair or fiber
"the dog's woolly shag"
- 11noun
a strong coarse tobacco that has been shredded
- 12verb
dance the shag
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