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1. A fabric with long coarse nap
   "he bought a shag rug"
    
2. A strong coarse tobacco that has been shredded
    
3. A matted tangle of hair or fibre
   "the dog's woolly shag"
    
4. [Brit, vulgar] Slang for sexual intercourse
   - rumpy-pumpy [informal]
    
5. A lively dance step consisting of hopping on each foot in turn
    
6. Any of several species of sea birds in the family Phalacrocoracidae (cormorant family)

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

Derived forms: shags, shagging, shagged

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

Part of: shag rug

Encyclopedia: Shag