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Adjective: fagged  fagd
Usage: Brit, informal
  1. Extremely exhausted
    "was fagged and sweaty";
    - knackered [Brit, informal], drained, zonked [informal], zonked out [informal], stonkered [Brit, Austral, NZ, informal], deadbeat [Brit, informal], shagged out [Brit, informal], shagged [Brit, informal], shattered [Brit, informal], exhausted, dog-tired [informal], fatigued, played out, spent, washed-out, worn-out, worn out, gone, shot [informal], fried [N. Amer, informal], pooped [N. Amer, informal]
Verb: fag (fagged,fagging)  fag
  1. [informal] Work hard
    "Lexicographers fag all day long";
    - labor [US], labour [Brit, Cdn], toil, travail [literary], grind [informal], drudge, dig [US, informal], moil [N. Amer]
     
  2. [informal] Exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
    "We fagged ourselves out on this hike";
    - tire, wear upon, tire out, wear, weary, jade, wear out, outwear, wear down, fag out [Brit, informal], fatigue, knacker [Brit, informal]
     
  3. [Brit, archaic] Act as a servant for older boys, in British public schools

See also: tired

Type of: assist, attend, attend to, do work, indispose, serve, wait on, work

Encyclopedia: Fagged

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