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Word: Stag
Speech Type: Noun
Middle English (as a noun): related to Old Norse steggr ‘male bird’, Icelandic steggi ‘tomcat’
staɡ
a male deer, especially a male red deer after its fifth year.
Short Definition:male deer
a social gathering attended by men only
Short Definition:social gathering attended by men only
Examples:- a stag event
a person who applies for shares in a new issue with a view to selling at once for a profit
Short Definition:person who applies for shares in new issue with view to
Examples:- stags made an average profit of £60 each
Word: Stag
Speech Type: Adverb
staɡ
without a female partner at a social gathering
Short Definition:without female partner at social gathering
Examples:- a lot of boys went stag
Word: Stag
Speech Type: Verb
staɡ
buy (shares in a new issue) and sell them at once for a profit
Short Definition:buy shares in new issue and sell them at once for profit
Examples:- they made profits from stagging each issue
roughly cut (a garment, especially a pair of trousers) to make it shorter
Short Definition:roughly cut garment
Examples:- I stagged them off and burned the ends then tucked them away
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