fag Definition

fag¹
noun

1. colloq
A cigarette.
2. colloq
A piece of drudgery; a bore.
3. In some schools, especially public schools: a young schoolboy who runs errands and does jobs for an older one.

verb fagged, fagging

1. To tire someone out; to exhaust someone.
intr
2. Said of a schoolboy: to act as fag for an older boy.
intr
3. To work hard; to toil.

Idiom: fagged out

Very tired; exhausted.

Etymology: 19c in noun sense 1, shortened from fag-end;18c in noun senses 2 and 3; 15c, meaning ‘something that hangs loose or flaps'; originally probably related to flag.

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fag²
noun

1. slang, sometimes derog
A gay man.

Derivative: faggy
adj

Etymology: 1920s: short for faggot².