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1. A strong coarse tobacco that has been shredded
    
2. A matted tangle of hair or fibre
   "the dog's woolly shag"
    
3. A fabric with long coarse nap
   "he bought a shag rug"
    
4. [Brit, vulgar] Slang for sexual intercourse
   - make whoopee
    
5. A lively dance step consisting of hopping on each foot in turn

1. Dance the shag
    
2. [Brit, vulgar] Have sexual intercourse
   "they shagged in the back of the car";
   - sleep together, love, make out, make love, sleep with, have sex, know [archaic], do it, be intimate, have intercourse, lie with [archaic], bed, have a go at it, get it on, make whoopee, nail [N. Amer]

Derived forms: shagged, shagging, shags

Type of: baccy [UK], carnal knowledge, cloth, coition, coitus, congress, copulate, copulation, couple, dance, fabric, intercourse, mate, material, pair, relation, sex act, sexual congress, sexual intercourse, sexual relation, social dancing, tangle, textile, tobacco, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe

Part of: shag rug

Encyclopedia: Shag