Fagging

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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              Creighton withheld his force till the Italian began
              to fag.                               --G.
                                                    Mackenzie.
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     2. To labor to wearness; to work hard; to drudge.
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              Read, fag, and subdue this chapter.   --Coleridge.
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     3. To act as a fag, or perform menial services or drudgery,
        for another, as in some English schools.
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     {To fag out}, to become untwisted or frayed, as the end of a
        rope, or the edge of canvas.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  fagging \fag"ging\ (f[a^]g"g[i^]ng), n.
     Laborious drudgery; esp., the acting as a drudge for another
     at an English school.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  fag
       n 1: offensive terms for an openly homosexual man [syn: {fagot},
            {faggot}, {fairy}, {nance}, {pansy}, {queen}, {queer}, {poof},
             {poove}, {pouf}]
       2: finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking [syn: {cigarette},
           {cigaret}, {coffin nail}, {butt}]
       v 1: act as a servant for older boys, in British public schools
       2: work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework";
          "Lexicographers drudge all day long" [syn: {labor}, {labour},
           {toil}, {travail}, {grind}, {drudge}, {dig}, {moil}]
       3: exhaust or tire through overuse or great strain or stress;
          "We wore ourselves out on this hike" [syn: {tire}, {wear
          upon}, {tire out}, {wear}, {weary}, {jade}, {wear out}, {outwear},
           {wear down}, {fag out}, {fatigue}] [ant: {refresh}]
       [also: {fagging}, {fagged}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  fagging
       See {fag}