fag
[fæg]
n. 吃, 苦

vi. 努

vt. 使劳

[医] 衰竭, 虚脱

1. I've got to tidy my room. What a fag!
   整自己房. 真.
2. Running soon fags me out.
   很快跑.
3. It's too much (of a) fag.
   真吃消.

fag
fagged, fagging
[ noun ]

1. offensive term for an openly homosexual man

<noun.person>

2. finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking

<noun.artifact>

[ verb ]

1. act as a servant for older boys, in British public schools

<verb.social>

2. work hard

<verb.social> dig drudge grind labor labour moil toil travail
She was digging away at her math homework
Lexicographers drudge all day long

3. exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress

<verb.body> fag out fatigue jade outwear tire tire out wear wear down wear out wear upon weary
We wore ourselves out on this hike

Fag \Fag\, v. t.
1. To tire by labor; to exhaust; as, he was almost fagged
out.

2. Anything that fatigues. [R.]

It is such a fag, I came back tired to death. --Miss
Austen.

{Brain fag}. (Med.) See {Cerebropathy}.


Fag \Fag\ (f[a^]g) n.
A knot or coarse part in cloth. [Obs.]


Fag \Fag\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fagged} (f[a^]gd); p. pr. & vb.
n. {Fagging} (f[a^]g"g[i^]ng).] [Cf. LG. fakk wearied, weary,
vaak slumber, drowsiness, OFries. fai, equiv. to f[=a]ch
devoted to death, OS. f[=e]gi, OHG. feigi, G. feig, feige,
cowardly, Icel. feigr fated to die, AS. f[=ae]ge, Scot. faik,
to fail, stop, lower the price; or perh. the same word as E.
flag to droop.]
1. To become weary; to tire.

Creighton withheld his force till the Italian began
to fag. --G.
Mackenzie.

2. To labor to wearness; to work hard; to drudge.

Read, fag, and subdue this chapter. --Coleridge.

3. To act as a fag, or perform menial services or drudgery,
for another, as in some English schools.

{To fag out}, to become untwisted or frayed, as the end of a
rope, or the edge of canvas.


fag \fag\ (f[a^]g), n.
a male homosexual; -- always used disparagingly and
considered offensive. Shortened form of {faggot}. [Slang,
disparaging.]

Syn: faggot.
[PJC]