Fag (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun Slang.
  1. a contemptuous term used to refer to a gay man.
  2. a contemptible or dislikable person.
verb (used with object), fagged, fag·ging.
  1. to tire or weary by labor; exhaust (often followed by out): The long climb fagged us out.
  2. to require (a younger public-school pupil) to do menial chores.
  3. to fray or unlay the end of (a rope).
verb (used without object), fagged, fag·ging.
  1. to work until wearied; work hard: to fag away at French.
  2. to do menial chores for an older public-school pupil.
noun
  1. a cigarette.
  2. a fag end, as of cloth.
  3. a rough or defective spot in a woven fabric; blemish; flaw.
  4. drudgery; toil.
  5. a younger pupil in a British public school required to perform certain menial tasks for, and submit to the hazing of, an older pupil.
  6. a drudge.
noun
  1. a boring or wearisome task
  2. (esp formerly) a young public school boy who performs menial chores for an older boy or prefect
verb fags, fagging or fagged
  1. to become or cause to become exhausted by hard toil or work
  2. to do or cause to do menial chores in a public school
noun
  1. British a slang word for cigarette
  2. a fag end, as of cloth
noun
  1. slang, mainly US and Canadian short for faggot 2
Fag (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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