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stag

noun

1 stag

A male deer, especially an adult male red deer.

synonym: hart.

Roget 808: nonpayment; default, defalcation; protest, repudiation; application of the sponge; whitewashing.    insolvency, bankruptcy, failure; insufficiency etc. 640; run upon a bank; ... show more

Roget 366: animal, animal kingdom; fauna; brute creation.    beast, brute, creature, critter [U.S.]; wight, created being; creeping thing, living thing; dumb animal, ... show more

Roget 373: man, male, he, him; manhood etc. (adolescence) 131; gentleman, sir, master; sahib; yeoman, wight, ... show more

Dutch: hertenbok

2 stag

Adult male deer.

Dutch: hertebok, hertenbok

verb

1 stag

Attend a dance or a party without a female companion.

2 stag

Give away information about somebody.

synonyms: betray, denounce, give away, grass, rat, shit, shop, snitch, tell on.

Dutch: misleiden, aangeven, verklikken, bedriegen, verklappen, verlullen, verraden

3 stag

Watch, observe, or inquire secretly.

synonyms: sleuth, snoop, spy.

Dutch: spioneren


Moby thesaurus: Cape elk, Kaffeeklatsch, Virginia deer, adventurer, antelope, ball, big operator, billy, billy goat, blowout, boar, broad jumper, bubbly-jock, buck, bucking bronco, buckjumper, bull, bullock, camel, camelopard ... show more.

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