stag
pronunciation
How to pronounce stag in British English:
UK [stæg]
How to pronounce stag in American English:
US [stæɡ]
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- Noun:
- male red deer
- adult male deer
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- Verb:
- attend a dance or a party without a female companion
- give away information about somebody
- watch, observe, or inquire secretly
Word Origin
- stag (n.)
- late 12c., probably from Old English stagga "a stag," from Proto-Germanic *stag-, from PIE *stegh- "to prick, sting" (see sting (v.)). The Old Norse equivalent was used of male foxes, tomcats, and dragons; and the Germanic root word perhaps originally meant "male animal in its prime." Meaning "pertaining to or composed of males only" (stag party) is American English slang from 1848. Stag film "pornographic movie" is attested from 1968. Stag beetle, so called for its" horns," is from 1680s.
Example
- 1. A stag has large horns .
- 2. " So we 've been eating a talking stag . "
- 3. And I went to the wedding stag .
- 4. Second , pre-natal testosterone amplifies the " rutting stag " behaviour coates and herbert had already discovered .
- 5. Are you going to jim 's stag party on friday evening ?