shag

English

/ʃæɡ/

noun
Definitions
  • Matted material; rough massed hair, fibres etc.
  • Coarse shredded tobacco.
  • A type of rough carpet pile.
  • (UK) Bacon or fat, especially if with some remaining hair or bristles.
  • (UK) A roughly-cut or torn-off piece of bread or cheese.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English *schagge inherited from Old English sċeacga (wool, hair) inherited from Proto-Germanic *skaggô, *skag- (emerge, stick out, protrude, project) derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kek- (shake, stir).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*(s)kek-

Gloss

shake, stir

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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