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Grammar : Adj, adv, noun, verb
Spell : stag
Phonetic Transcription : stæg



Definition of stag

Origin :
  • late 12c., probably from Old English *stagga "stag," from Proto-Germanic *stag- (see sting). The Old Norse equivalent was used of male foxes, tomcats and dragons and the Germanic root word perhaps originally meant "male animal in its prime." Meaning "pertaining to or composed of males only" (stag party) is American English slang from 1848. Stag film "pornographic movie" is attested from 1968.
  • As in lone : adj by oneself; only
  • As in solitary : adj alone, single; unsociable
  • As in solo : adj alone
  • As in unaccompanied : adj alone
  • As in alone : adj separate; apart
  • As in solitarily : adv alone
  • As in bachelor : noun unmarried man or woman
  • As in stag party : noun bachelor party
  • As in buck : noun male animal
  • As in gala : noun festival
  • As in spy : verb secretly follow, watch another's actions
Example sentences :
  • The stag is entirely the same with that of France, only he is a little larger.
  • Extract from : « The History of Louisiana » by Le Page Du Pratz
  • In one year of record his score was 154 red deer and 100 stag.
  • Extract from : « Blood and Iron » by John Hubert Greusel
  • But here a stream crossed the road, 175 and the stag plunged into the water.
  • Extract from : « Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales » by Anonymous
  • So the Tsar took off his clothes, and into the water he plunged after the stag.
  • Extract from : « Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales » by Anonymous
  • He looked about him on every side, and wondered where the stag had gone.
  • Extract from : « Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales » by Anonymous
  • Sometimes a stag with hair white with age, walks behind him.
  • Extract from : « Japanese Fairy World » by William Elliot Griffis
  • Lulim, "a stag," seems to be a re-duplicated form of the same word.
  • Extract from : « The Evolution of the Dragon » by G. Elliot Smith
  • A presto ingeniously represents the quick movements of the stag.
  • Extract from : « The Standard Oratorios » by George P. Upton
  • Hence it was a stag inspection that Hilton and Karns made of their new home.
  • Extract from : « Masters of Space » by Edward Elmer Smith
  • There had the stag his lodging and the huntsman a home almost perpetual.
  • Extract from : « John Splendid » by Neil Munro

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