stag
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /stæɡ/
stag
- (countable) An adult male deer.
- (countable) A colt, or filly.
- (by extension, countable, obsolete) A romping girl; a tomboy.
- (countable) An improperly or late castrated bull or ram – also called a bull seg (see note under ox).
- (countable, finance) An outside irregular dealer in stocks, who is not a member of the exchange.
- (countable, finance) One who applies for the allotment of shares in new projects, with a view to sell immediately at a premium, and not to hold the stock.
- (countable) The Eurasian wren, Troglodytes troglodytes.
- (countable, usually attributive) An unmarried male, a bachelor; a male not accompanying a female at a social event.
- a stag dance; a stag party
- (countable) A social event for males held in honor of a groom on the eve of his wedding, attended by male friends of the groom, sometimes a fund-raiser.
- The stag will be held in the hotel's ballroom.
- (countable) A stag beetle (family Lucanidae).
- 2007, Eric R. Eaton, Kenn Kaufman, Kaufman Field Guide to Insects of North America (page 132)
- Members of the genus Pasimachus […] can be confused with stag beetles […] but stags have elbowed antennae.
- 2007, Eric R. Eaton, Kenn Kaufman, Kaufman Field Guide to Insects of North America (page 132)
- (uncountable, UK, military, slang) Guard duty.
- 2000, Richard Tomlinson, The big breach: from top secret to maximum security (page 31)
- Between shifts on stag or manning the radio, we grabbed a few hours sleep.
- 2000, Richard Tomlinson, The big breach: from top secret to maximum security (page 31)
- (social event) bachelor party (US), stag do (UK informal), stag party, stag lunch
- French: cerf
- German: Hirsch, Hirschbock, Rothirsch
- Italian: cervo
- Portuguese: veado adulto
- Russian: оле́нь
- Spanish: ciervo
- German: wilde Hummel
- German: Konzertzeichner
- German: Zaunkönig
stag (stags, present participle stagging; past and past participle stagged)
- (intransitive, British) To act as a "stag", an irregular dealer in stocks.
- (transitive) To watch; to dog, or keep track of.
- Synonyms: shadow
- Spanish: rastrear
stag (not comparable)
- Of a man, attending a formal social function without a date.
- My brother went stag to prom because he couldn't find a date.
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