fag as a noun: - 1
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as a verb: - 1
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fag
noun
1 fag
Offensive term for a homosexual man.
synonyms: faggot, fagot, fairy, nance, pansy, poof, poove, pouf, queen, queer.
Roget 690:
doer,
actor,
agent,
performer,
perpetrator,
operator;
executor,
executrix;
practitioner,
worker,
stager.
bee,
ant,
working bee,
termite,
white ant;
laboring oar,
servant of all work,
factotum.
workman,
artisan;
craftsman,
handicraftsman;
mechanic,
operative;
working man;
laboring man;
demiurgus,
hewers of wood and drawers of water,
laborer,
navvy†;
hand,
man,
day laborer,
journeyman,
charwoman,
hack;
mere tool
etc.
633;
beast of burden,
drudge,
fag;
lumper†,
roustabout.
maker,
artificer,
artist,
wright,
manufacturer,
architect,
builder,
mason,
bricklayer,
smith,
forger,
Vulcan;
carpenter;
ganger,
platelayer;
blacksmith,
locksmith,
sailmaker,
wheelwright.
machinist,
mechanician,
engineer.
sempstress†,
semstress†,
seamstress;
needlewoman†,
workwoman;
tailor,
cordwainer†.
minister
etc.
(instrument)
631;
servant
etc.
746;
representative
etc.
(commissioner)
758,
(deputy)
759.
coworker,
party to,
participator in,
particeps criminis [Lat.],
dramatis personae [Lat.];
personnel.
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Dutch: flikker, Hagenaar, holtor, mietje, nicht, poot, reetkever, Utrechtenaar
Polish: pedaĆ, ciota, pedzio
2 fag
Finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking.
synonyms: butt, cigaret, cigarette, coffin nail.
Dutch: kankerstok, peuk, saffie, shagje, sigaret, sjekkie, strootje
Polish: papieros
verb
1 fag
Act as a servant for older boys, in British public schools.
2 fag
Work hard.
synonyms: dig, drudge, grind, labor, labour, moil, toil, travail.
Roget 686:
exert oneself;
exert one's energies,
tax one's energies;
use exertion.
labor,
work,
toil,
moil,
sweat,
fag,
drudge,
slave,
drag a lengthened chain,
wade through,
strive,
stretch a long arm;
pull,
tug,
ply;
ply the oar,
tug at the oar;
do the work;
take the laboring oar bestir oneself
(be active)
682;
take trouble,
trouble oneself.
work hard;
rough it;
put forth one's strength,
put forth a strong arm;
fall to work,
bend the bow;
buckle to,
set one's shoulder to the wheel
etc.
(resolution)
604;
work like a horse,
work like a cart horse,
work like a galley slave,
work like a coal heaver;
labor day and night,
work day and night;
redouble one's efforts;
do double duty;
work double hours,
work double tides;
sit up,
burn the candle at both ends;
stick to
etc.
(persevere)
604.1;
work one's way,
fight one's way,
lay about one,
hammer at.
take pains;
do one's best,
do one's level best,
do one's utmost;
give one hundred percent,
do the best one can,
do all one can,
do all in one's power,
do as much as in one lies,
do what lies in one's power;
use one's best endeavor,
use one's utmost endeavor;
try one's best,
try one's utmost;
play one's best card;
put one's best leg foremost,
put one's right leg foremost;
have one's whole soul in his work,
put all one's strength into,
strain every nerve;
spare no efforts,
spare no pains;
go all lengths;
go through fire and water
etc.
(resolution)
604;
move heaven and earth,
leave no stone unturned.
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Dutch: beulen, inspannen, ploegen, ploeteren, sappelen, sloven
3 fag
Exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress.
synonyms: fag out, fatigue, jade, outwear, tire, tire out, wear, wear down, wear out, wear upon, weary ... show more.
Dutch: afbeulen, afpeigeren, afsloven
Moby thesaurus: auntie, beast of burden, beat, bi-guy, bisexual, bugger, bull dyke, burden, burn out, busy, butch, butt, carton of cigarettes, catamite, chicken, cig, cigarette, cigarette butt, cigarette case, debilitate, deck of cigarettes, dig, dirty work, do in, do up, donkeywork, drive, drudge, drudgery, dyke, employment, enervate, exhaust, fag out, faggot, fairy, fatigue, femme, flag, flit, frazzle, fricatrice, fruit, galley slave, greasy grind, grind, grub, gunsel, hack, hammer, hammer away, handiwork, handwork, harass, homo, homophile, homosexual, homosexualist, industry, invert, jade, keep busy, knock out, knock up, labor, lesbian, lick, lick of work, manual labor, moil, nance, oppress, outwear, overdrive, overfatigue, overstrain, overtask, overtax, overtire, overweary, overwork, pansy, pathic, peg, peg away, plod, plodder, plug, plug along, plug away, poop, poop out, pound away, prostrate, punk, queen, queer, rat race, sapphist, scut work, slave, slavery, slog, slogger, smoke, snipe, spadework, stroke, stroke of work, stub, sweat, swot, task, tax, tire, tire out, tire to death, tiresome work, toil, travail, treadmill, tribade, tucker, use up, wade through, weaken, wear, wear down, wear on, wear out, weary, wilt, wind, work, work away, workhorse ... show more.
fagging
noun
Roget 686:
exertion,
effort,
strain,
tug,
pull,
stress,
throw,
stretch,
struggle,
spell,
spurt,
spirt†;
stroke of work,
stitch of work.
a strong pull a long pull and a pull all a strong pull a long pull and a pull all together;"
dead lift;
heft;
gymnastics;
exercise,
exercitation†;
wear and tear;
ado;
toil and trouble;
uphill work,
hard work,
warm work;
harvest time.
labor,
work,
toil,
travail,
manual labor,
sweat of one's brow,
swink†,
drudgery,
slavery,
fagging†,
hammering;
limae labor [Lat.];
industry,
industriousness,
operoseness†,
operosity†.
trouble,
pains,
duty;
resolution
etc.
604;
energy
etc.
(physical)
171.
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