fag
- noun
- /fæg/
- Slang
- After dinner, she lit a fag and enjoyed the cool evening air.
- a fag
- light a fag
- give a fag
And now I stick to fags and a few gin and tonics.
- And now I stick to fags and a few gin and tonics.
- You were saying earlier, like from the drinking to the fag to the weed to the speed.
- I wanted to smoke a fag, have a pint of beer and F school.
- But like my friend Ava kept rejecting this guy and he put his fag out on her ass like burnt a hole for a skirt everything.
Examples
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And I'll have a fag as well.
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And I remember standing outside having a fag and I said to them, you know, do you think we'll get another season of this?
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I was just going to finish my fag and head back in.
Fiction book (1998) -
"May I trouble you for a fag, please?"
Fiction book (2000) -
"I'm dying for a fag," he said.
Fiction book (1996) -
I haven't had a fag since yesterday, I promise.
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Nah, he's just nipped outside for a fag.
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We were messing around, lighting fags, blathering, and arguing about women.
Fiction book (1997) -
He stepped outside for a quick fag before his meeting.
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Can you pass me a fag? I need one to relax.
Synonyms
A thin roll of tobacco wrapped in paper that you smoke
A cigarette or cigar, a small roll of tobacco you light to inhale
A short thin tube of tobacco that people smoke
A thin roll of marijuana that people smoke
A cigarette that is strong or harsh to smoke
An informal word for a cigarette used in Britain, Australia, and New Zealand
A cigarette you smoke that people say shortens your life
A thin roll of tobacco wrapped in paper that you smoke
Compounds
- Slur
A woman who has close friendships with gay men, a slang term that can be offensive
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Etymology
Fag (British slang) comes from fag-end, a word for 'a small leftover piece'. So a fag came to mean a cigarette, the little roll of tobacco people smoke.