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to fag

9.9
To work very hard until you feel tired
  • verb
  • /fæɡ/
  • UK
translation icon : trabajar duro
  • She had to fag late into the night to finish her assignment on time.

Examples

  • They fagged all day in the hot sun.

  • The new interns were fagging away in the mailroom on their first day.

  • After a long day of fagging at the construction site, he collapsed onto the couch.

  • I fag away at my homework every evening.

  • She had to fag late into the night to finish her assignment on time.

  • After a long day of fagging at the construction site, he collapsed onto the couch.

  • The new interns were fagging away in the mailroom on their first day.

Synonyms

to wear
vsto fag
84 4.6

Make someone tired over time because of stress or effort

adds that the action can be the result of working very hard
to grind
vsto fag
60 3.7

To work hard for a long time at a dull or repeated task

adds that the action can make someone very tired
to toil
vsto fag
35 5.3

To work very hard for a long time

is similar but adds making someone very tired as a result
to wear down
vsto fag
27 4.1

Slowly make a person or thing weaker by repeated pressure

is like this but the key stresses immediate hard work effort
to labor
vsto fag
  • US
26 2.7

To work hard on difficult physical tasks

stresses both hard effort and causing great tiredness
to tire
vsto fag
23 1.0

To become very tired or make someone very tired

is similar but specifically signals intense, often boring hard work
to dig
vsto fag
23 2.6

To work hard at a task for a long time

includes that effort but stresses tiring effect as well
to wear out
vsto fag
19 2.7

To make a person very tired or a thing stop working by using it too much

covers the same tiring result but also hard personal work
to fatigue
vsto fag
11 4.6

To make someone very tired by hard work or long effort

is similar but the key also focuses on intense work activity
to tire out
vsto fag
10 2.1

To make a person very tired by using up their energy

is like this but also describes doing very hard work oneself
to weary
vsto fag
4 4.4

To make someone or yourself very tired after long effort

is closely related but also highlights intense hard working activity
to drudge
vsto fag
1 7.0

To work hard at boring, repetitive tasks for a long time

is similar but also implies causing deep exhaustion
to jade
vsto fag
1 8.1

To make someone tired or bored by doing something too often

focuses more on hard, tiring effort rather than boredom or dullness
to moil
vsto fag
  • Archaic
1 9.9

To work very hard, often at a physical or long job

focuses more on hard effort and also tiring others
to travail
vsto fag
  • Literature
1 9.0

To work hard for a long time and suffer

shares long effort but focuses more on tiring others
to outwear
vsto fag
8.3

To make someone very tired by long, hard effort

is similar but emphasizes doing the hard work itself
to wear upon
vsto fag
7.0

Make someone tired over time from too much work or stress

covers that wearing effect but also implies doing hard work

Antonyms

1.0

To feel less nervous and more calm

816 1.0

To stop activity to relax or sleep and get energy back

Phrasal Verbs

1 9.7

To become very tired after hard work or stress

Compounds

fag hag
  • Slur
5 9.9

A woman who has close friendships with gay men, a slang term that can be offensive

brain-fag
  • NSFW
9.9

A feeling of mental tiredness that makes it hard to think

fag end
  • Archaic
9.9

A frayed end of a piece of cloth or rope

fag end
  • UK
9.9

The last small part of something often thought less important

fag mag
  • Slur
9.9

An insulting name for a magazine about LGBTQ+ people and their culture

9.9

A rude, insulting word for marriage between two people of the same sex

fag rag
  • Slur
9.9

An insulting name for a magazine about gay or lesbian culture

How Hard

to toil
35 5.3
to fag
  • UK
9.9
to slave
47 5.3

Surface Forms

fag infinitive
fagged past
fagged past participle
fagging present participle
fags third person singular

Etymology

Fag (verb) is related to the word fatigue, which means 'tiredness', so to fag is to work very hard until you become tired.