shagged

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb dance the shag
  2. adjective having a very rough nap or covered with hanging shags

Etymology

From Old English sceacgede, from sceacga (“hair”), from Proto-Germanic *skaggiją (“beard, stem”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kek-, *(s)keg- (“to jump, move, hurry”).

Synonyms

shag

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