fag 1

(făg)

n. Chiefly British 1. a. A student at a boarding school who is required to perform menial tasks for a student in a higher grade. b. A drudge. 2. Fatiguing or tedious work; drudgery.

v. fagged, fag·ging, fags

v.tr. Informal To exhaust; weary: Four hours on the tennis court fagged me out.

v.intr. Chiefly British 1. To work to exhaustion; toil. 2. To function as the servant of another student in a boarding school.

[From fag , to droop (obsolete), perhaps from Middle English fagge ; see fag end.]

fag 2

(făg)

n. Slang A cigarette.

fag 3

(făg)

n. Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a gay man.

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