1. A fabric with long coarse nap
   "he bought a shag rug"
    
2. A matted tangle of hair or fibre
   "the dog's woolly shag"
    
3. A strong coarse tobacco that has been shredded
   "He preferred to smoke shag tobacco in his pipe"
    
4. A lively dance step consisting of hopping on each foot in turn
   "The couple demonstrated the shag at the swing dance competition"
    
5. [Brit, vulgar] Slang for sexual intercourse
   "They had a shag in the back of the car";
   - rumpy-pumpy [informal]
    
6. Any of several species of sea birds in the family Phalacrocoracidae (cormorant family)
   "We spotted several shags nesting on the coastal cliffs"

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
   "They shagged to the beach music"

Derived forms: shags, shagging, shagged

Type of: baccy [Brit, 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 [archaic], trip the light fantastic toe [archaic]

Part of: shag rug

Encyclopedia: Shag