Stag

6 definitions found

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

  Stag \Stag\, v. i. (Com.)
     To act as a "stag," or irregular dealer in stocks. [Cant]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Stag \Stag\, v. t.
     To watch; to dog, or keep track of. [Prov. Eng. or Slang]
     --H. Kingsley.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stag \Stag\ (st[a^]g), n. [Icel. steggr the male of several
     animals; or a doubtful AS. stagga. Cf. {Steg}.]
     1. (Zool.)
        (a) The adult male of the red deer ({Cervus elaphus}), a
            large European species closely related to the American
            elk, or wapiti.
        (b) The male of certain other species of large deer.
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     2. A colt, or filly; also, a romping girl. [Prov. Eng.]
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     3. A castrated bull; -- called also {bull stag}, and {bull
        seg}. See the Note under {Ox}.
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     4. (Stock Exchange)
        (a) An outside irregular dealer in stocks, who is not a
            member of the exchange. [Cant]
        (b) 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. [Cant]
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     5. (Zool.) The European wren. [Prov. Eng.]
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     {Stag beetle} (Zool.), any one of numerous species of
        lamellicorn beetles belonging to {Lucanus} and allied
        genera, especially {Lucanus cervus} of Europe and {Lucanus
        dama} of the United States. The mandibles are large and
        branched, or forked, whence the name. The larva feeds on
        the rotten wood of dead trees. Called also {horned bug},
        and {horse beetle}.
  
     {Stag dance}, a dance by men only. [Slang, U.S.]
  
     {Stag hog} (Zool.), the babiroussa.
  
     {Stag-horn coral} (Zool.), any one of several species of
        large branching corals of the genus {Madrepora}, which
        somewhat resemble the antlers of the stag, especially
        {Madrepora cervicornis}, and {Madrepora palmata}, of
        Florida and the West Indies.
  
     {Stag-horn fern} (Bot.), an Australian and West African fern
        ({Platycerium alcicorne}) having the large fronds branched
        like a stag's horns; also, any species of the same genus.
        
  
     {Stag-horn sumac} (Bot.), a common American shrub ({Rhus
        typhina}) having densely velvety branchlets. See {Sumac}.
        
  
     {Stag party}, a party consisting of men only. [Slang, U. S.]
        
  
     {Stag tick} (Zool.), a parasitic dipterous insect of the
        family {Hippoboscidae}, which lives upon the stag and is
        usually wingless. The same species lives also upon the
        European grouse, but in that case has wings.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Steg \Steg\ (st[e^]g), n. [Icel. steggr the male of several
     animals. Cf. {Stag}.] (Zool.)
     A gander. [Written also {stag}.] [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  stag
       n 1: male red deer [syn: {hart}]
       2: adult male deer
       v 1: attend a dance or a party without a female companion
       2: give away information about somebody; "He told on his
          classmate who had cheated on the exam" [syn: {denounce}, {tell
          on}, {betray}, {give away}, {rat}, {grass}, {shit}, {shop},
           {snitch}]
       3: watch, observe, or inquire secretly [syn: {spy}, {snoop}, {sleuth}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  126 Moby Thesaurus words for "stag":
     Cape elk, Kaffeeklatsch, Virginia deer, adventurer, antelope, ball,
     big operator, billy, billy goat, blowout, boar, broad jumper,
     bubbly-jock, buck, bucking bronco, buckjumper, bull, bullock,
     camel, camelopard, caribou, chanticleer, cock, cockerel,
     cocktail party, coffee klatch, costume party, deer, deerlet,
     dinner, dinner party, doe, dog, donation party, drake, dromedary,
     eland, elk, entertainment, entire, entire horse, fallow deer, fawn,
     festivity, flea, frog, gander, garden party, gazelle, giraffe, gnu,
     goat, gobbler, grasshopper, gunslinger, hart, hartebeest, he-goat,
     hen party, high jumper, hind, hopper, house party, house-raising,
     housewarming, hurdle racer, hurdler, jackrabbit, jumper,
     jumping bean, jumping jack, kaama, kangaroo, lame duck, lawn party,
     leaper, margin purchaser, mask, masque, masquerade,
     masquerade party, moose, mule deer, musk deer, okapi, operator,
     party, peacock, plunger, pole vaulter, ram, red deer, reindeer,
     roe, roe deer, roebuck, rooster, salmon, scalper, shindig, shindy,
     shower, smart operator, smoker, speculator, springbok, stag party,
     stallion, steer, stot, stud, studhorse, sunfisher, surprise party,
     timber topper, tom, tom turkey, tomcat, top cow, top horse, tup,
     turkey gobbler, turkey-cock, vaulter, wether, wildebeest