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fæɡ1) (hard or boring work: It was a real fag to clean the whole house.) faena, lata2) (a slang word for a cigarette: I'm dying for a fag.) pitillo, cigarro•- fag-end- fagged out
tr[fæg]4 SMALLBRITISH ENGLISH/SMALL (public school) fámulo1 familiar (work hard) trabajar mucho2 SMALLBRITISH ENGLISH/SMALL (work as a fag) hacer de fámulo\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLn.• pitillo s.m. (US)n.• maricón s.m.n.• alumno joven que trabaja para otro mayor s.m.• faena s.f.• trabajo penoso s.m.v.• fatigar v.fæg1) ( male homosexual) (AmE sl & pej) maricón m (fam & pey)2) ( chore) (no pl) (BrE colloq)to be a fag — ser* una pesadez or una lata (fam)
3) ( cigarette) (BrE colloq) cigarrillo m, pitillo m (fam)•Phrasal Verbs:- fag out[fæɡ]1. N1) (Brit) * (=cigarette) pitillo * m, cigarro m2) (esp US) ** pej (=homosexual) marica * m3) (Brit) † * (=effort, job) lata * fwhat a fag! — ¡qué lata!
it's just too much of a fag — la verdad, es mucho trabajo
4) (Brit) (Scol) alumno joven que trabaja para otro mayor2.3.VIto fag for sb — (Brit) (Scol) trabajar para algn
4.CPDfag end * N — [of cigarette] colilla f ; (fig) (=remainder) final m
fag hag ** N — mujer a la que le gusta la compañía de hombres homosexuales
* * *[fæg]1) ( male homosexual) (AmE sl & pej) maricón m (fam & pey)2) ( chore) (no pl) (BrE colloq)to be a fag — ser* una pesadez or una lata (fam)
3) ( cigarette) (BrE colloq) cigarrillo m, pitillo m (fam)•Phrasal Verbs:- fag out
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fag — I. /fæg / (say fag) Colloquial –verb (i) (fagged, fagging) 1. to work till wearied; work hard: to fag away at French. 2. to act as a fag. 3. to make a fag of. –noun 4. drudgery; toil. 5. British a younger boy at a public school required to… …
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fag — fag1 [fag] vi. fagged, fagging [< ? FAG END] 1. to work hard and become very tired 2. [Brit. Informal] to serve as a fag or servant vt. 1. to make tired by hard work 2. [Brit. Informal] to employ (a boy) as a fag or servant … English World dictionary
Fag — Fag, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fagged} (f[a^]gd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Fagging} (f[a^]g g[i^]ng).] [Cf. LG. fakk wearied, weary, vaak slumber, drowsiness, OFries. fai, equiv. to f[=a]ch devoted to death, OS. f[=e]gi, OHG. feigi, G. feig, feige, cowardly,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fag — Ⅰ. fag [1] Brit. informal ► NOUN 1) a tiring or unwelcome task. 2) a junior pupil at a public school who does minor chores for a senior pupil. ► VERB (fagged, fagging) 1) work hard. 2) … English terms dictionary
Fag hag — A fag hag is a slang term for a woman who either associates mostly or exclusively with homosexual men, or is best or good friends with a gay man or men. It originated in gay male culture in the United States and was historically an insult. [cite… … Wikipedia
fag — Since the late eighteenth century the cry of ‘Fag!’ in a British public school has been a summons for a junior boy to attend on a senior boy in order to carry out some duty. The word ‘fag’ here derives from the verb ‘to fag’, which means to do … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
fag — I [[t]fæg[/t]] n. v. fagged, fag•ging 1) sts Slang. a cigarette 2) brit. Chiefly Brit. drudgery; toil 3) brit. a younger pupil in a British public school required to perform certain menial tasks for an older pupil 4) a drudge 5) to tire or weary… … From formal English to slang
work — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. job, occupation, calling, trade, profession; task, stint, employment; drudgery, toil, moil, grind, routine; function; craftsmanship, workmanship; arts and crafts, craft, handicraft; opus, production,… … English dictionary for students
fag — English has three distinct words fag, none of whose origins is altogether clear. The oldest is the one which denotes ‘drudgery’. It is first recorded as a verb in the 16th century, meaning ‘droop, decline’; its more common noun uses, ‘hard boring … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
fag — English has three distinct words fag, none of whose origins is altogether clear. The oldest is the one which denotes ‘drudgery’. It is first recorded as a verb in the 16th century, meaning ‘droop, decline’; its more common noun uses, ‘hard boring … Word origins