shag
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- noun
- /ʃæɡ/
- Offensive
- I had a great shag last night.
- a good shag
Examples
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Listen, why don't we go in the back and shag?
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OK, I probably asked you this last time you were here, but best shag you ever had?
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"How... how was your shag?"
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And you were... ...incidentally... ...the best shag... ...I ever had.
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I haven't had a shag.
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I mean, you can't mess around for the rest of your life like this... just going from shag to shag.
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Fancy a shag?
Fiction book (1999) -
At this point, he suggests that Charlize Theron has come all the way out here for a shag.
Blog text (24) -
"Nothing that a good shag won't cure," said Oliver honestly, flashing his rare smile as he stepped from under the water jet and toweled his hair.
Fiction book (1995) -
After a fun night out, they returned home and enjoyed a passionate shag together.
Synonyms
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Sex between two people
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Sex between two people
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Sex between people for pleasure
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To have sex with someone
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A short, casual time when two people have sex
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Sex between people
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Sex between two people, often used as a rude word
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A sexual activity between adults
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Shag as British slang for sex is not certain in origin, but a common memory trick is to think it came from old words for a rough 'shake' or physical tussle, which explains how it came to mean sexual intercourse in casual speech. That's why people use shag as an informal word for sex.