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Cag

noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of commander of the air group. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  2. 2
    A keg. Northern-England, Scotland
  3. 3
    Clipping of cagoule. British, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal
  4. 4
    A projecting piece left on a tree or shrub when a branch is severed; knob; stump. dialectal
  5. 5
    Initialism of compound annual growth. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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  1. 6
    The stump of a broken tooth; a tooth standing alone. dialectal
  2. 7
    Initialism of Comptroller and Auditor General. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  3. 8
    An angular tear or rent in a piece of cloth. dialectal
  4. 9
    Initialism of coronary artery graft. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  5. 10
    The nucleobase coding triplet cytosine (C), adenine (A), guanine (G). countable, uncountable
  6. 11
    The Church of Almighty God countable, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To vex; annoy; insult, offend; grieve. dialectal, slang, transitive

    "If a little petulance be discovered in SPRING's printed reply, perhaps it was cagged out of him by the very unceremonious manner of approach adopted by Langan and Reynolds […]"

  2. 2
    To chatter, gossip. dialectal, slang, transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English kag, of North Germanic origin, related to Old Norse kaggi, Swedish kagge.

Etymology 2

Shortening.

Etymology 3

From English dialect, from Middle English *kagge, perhaps from Old Norse *kagi, *kaggi, from Proto-Germanic *kagô (“bush, stump”). Cognate with dialectal German Kag (“cabbage stalk, stump”), Swedish kage (“treestump”). Possibly from the same root as Old Norse kaggi (“barrel, cask, keg”). Doublet of chag.

Etymology 4

Uncertain. Cognate with Scots kag, kagg (“to vex, grieve”). Perhaps from Middle English caggen (“to tie, bind”), possibly from or related to Old Norse kǫgurr (“quilt, blanket, bedcover, coffin cloth”). Alternatively, perhaps allied with Norwegian Nynorsk kjaka (“to wrangle, harass”).

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