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How to pronounce shag in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms ass, fuck, fucking, nookie, nooky, piece of ass, piece of tail, roll in the hay, screw, screwing, shtup
Type of coitus, sex act, relation, intercourse, copulation, coition, sexual intercourse, sexual relation, sexual congress, carnal knowledge
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Type of cloth, material, fabric, textile
Derivation shaggy


he bought a shag rug.
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Type of social dancing
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Type of tangle
Derivation shaggy


the dog's woolly shag.
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Type of tobacco, baccy
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Type of trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe, dance

Examples of shag

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Let's face it, what you need is the confidence that comes from a good hard shag.
From the guardian.co.uk
Kirkley pulled up the green shag, restored the original hardwood and added more.
From the charlotteobserver.com
In memory of the original owner, now there's even a shag rug in the living room.
From the latimes.com
Maybe most babies are born in springtime because people shag during the summer.
From the independent.co.uk
Their options sheets have the likes of lighted speakers and hunks of shag carpet.
From the usatoday.com
Shag was born along the strands between Myrtle Beach and Wilmington in the 1940s.
From the newsobserver.com
Yeah, the sacrifice of not being able to shag other women is a full-on sacrifice.
From the guardian.co.uk
Donald Sutherland was murdered but then, somehow, managed to shag Julie Christie.
From the guardian.co.uk
And I hope Paula smokes a big spliff and has a shag in the toilets at Buck house.
From the guardian.co.uk
More examples
  • A strong coarse tobacco that has been shredded
  • Dance the shag
  • A matted tangle of hair or fiber; "the dog's woolly shag"
  • A fabric with long coarse nap; "he bought a shag rug"
  • Fuck: slang for sexual intercourse
  • A lively dance step consisting of hopping on each foot in turn
  • Shag (also released as Shag: The Movie) is a 1989 comedy film starring Bridget Fonda, Phoebe Cates, Annabeth Gish, Page Hannah, Jeff Yagher and Scott Coffey. The film features Carolina shag dancing and was produced in cooperation with the North Carolina Film Commission. ...
  • Josh Agle (born August 31, 1962) is an American artist, better known by the nickname SHAG.
  • The bird family Phalacrocoracidae is represented by some 40 species of cormorants and shags. Several different classifications of the family have been proposed recently, and the number of genera is disputed.