Stag

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The adult male of various deer, especially the red deer.
  • n. An animal, especially a pig, castrated after reaching sexual maturity.
  • n. A person who attends a social gathering unaccompanied by a partner, especially a man who is unaccompanied by a woman.
  • n. A social gathering for men only.
  • adj. Of or for men only: a stag party.
  • adj. Pornographic: stag films.
  • ad. Unaccompanied: went to the dance stag.
  • verb-intransitive. To attend a social gathering unaccompanied by a partner. Used especially of men.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An adult male deer.
  • n. A colt, or filly.
  • n. A romping girl.
  • n. An improperly or late castrated bull or ram – called also a bull seg. See the Note under ox.
  • n. An outside irregular dealer in stocks, who is not a member of the exchange.
  • n. One who applies for the allotment of shares in new projects, with a view to sell immediately at a premium, and not to hold the stock.
  • n. The European wren.
  • n. An unmarried male, a bachelor; a male not accompanying a female at a social event.
  • n. A social event for males held in honor of a groom on the eve of his wedding, attended by male friends of the groom, sometimes a fund-raiser.
  • v. To act as a "stag", an irregular dealer in stocks.
  • v. To watch; to dog, or keep track of.
  • ad. Of a man, attending a formal social function without a date.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n.
  • n. The adult male of the red deer (Cervus elaphus), a large European species closely related to the American elk, or wapiti.
  • n. The male of certain other species of large deer.
  • n. A colt, or filly; also, a romping girl.
  • n. A castrated bull; -- called also bull stag, and bull seg. See the Note under Ox.
  • n.
  • n. An outside irregular dealer in stocks, who is not a member of the exchange.
  • n. One who applies for the allotment of shares in new projects, with a view to sell immediately at a premium, and not to hold the stock.
  • n. The European wren.
  • verb-intransitive. To act as a “stag,” or irregular dealer in stocks.
  • v. To watch; to dog, or keep track of.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The male of various animals, especially of the deer tribe.
  • n. In commercial slang: An outside irregular dealer in stocks, not a member of the exchange.
  • n. A person who applies for the allotment of shares in a joint-stock company, not because he wishes to hold the shares, but because he hopes to sell the allotment at a premium. If he fails in this he forbears to pay the deposit, and the allotment is forfeited.
  • n. A romping girl; a hoyden.
  • n. The color of the stag; a red dirty-brown color.
  • In commercial slang, to act as a stag on the stock exchange. See stag, n., 2.
  • To follow warily, as a deer-stalker does a deer; dog; watch
  • To cut off (trousers at the knee, or boots at the ankle).
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. attend a dance or a party without a female companion
  • v. watch, observe, or inquire secretly
  • n. adult male deer
  • n. a male deer, especially an adult male red deer
  • v. give away information about somebody
  • Verb Form
    stagged    stagging    stags   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    supervise    monitor    cervus elaphus    red deer    elk    American elk    wapiti   
    Cross Reference
    Variant
    bull stag    bull seg    ox   
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    watch    deer    royal    brocket    stag party    stag do    informal    bachelor party   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Ag    Bragg    ag    bag    bagge    brag    dag    drag    fag    flag   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    deer    boar    elk    moose    hare    reindeer    leopard    fox    gazelle    goat