Shagged
adj, verb, slang
adj, verb, slang ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 simple past and past participle of shag form-of, participle, past
Adjective
- 1 Having or covered with shaggy hair. rare
- 2 Extremely tired. slang, vulgar
"No, I am shagged, for I know, / Jack Ragaboy, awhile ago, / Got sorely flogg'd for begging there; / The beadle had him to the may'r!""
- 3 Unkempt; clothed in rags; ragged. obsolete
- 4 Of garments and fabrics: having a rough or long nap. obsolete
- 5 Covered with scrub, trees, or rough or shaggy growth.
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- 6 Jagged; having a rough, uneven surface.
- 7 Of hair: long; rough; shaggy.
Adjective
- 1 having a very rough nap or covered with hanging shags wordnet
Example
More examples"You wouldn't look so shagged out unless you were doing something naughty."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Old English sceacgede, from sceacga (“hair”), from Proto-Germanic *skaggiją (“beard, stem”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kek-, *(s)keg- (“to jump, move, hurry”).
Etymology 2
Uncertain. Perhaps related to fagged or to shag. Originally Kentish dialect according to Wright.
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