stag

[stag] /stæg/
noun
1.
an adult male deer.
2.
the male of various other animals.
3.
a man who attends a social gathering unaccompanied by a woman.
4.
Informal. stag party.
5.
a swine or bull castrated after maturation of the sex organs.
6.
British. a speculator who buys securities of a new issue in the hope of selling them quickly at a higher price.
verb (used without object), stagged, stagging.
7.
Informal. (of a man) to attend a social function without a female companion.
adjective
8.
of or for men only:
a stag dinner.
9.
intended for male audiences and usually pornographic in content:
a stag show.
adverb
10.
without a companion or date:
to go stag to a dance.
Origin
1150-1200; Middle English stagge; akin to Old Norse steggi, steggr male bird (> E (north dial.) steg gander), Icelandic steggur male fox, tomcat
Related forms
staglike, adjective
Examples from the web for stag
  • One of the latter died, but the stag and remaining doe are thriving.
  • Imposing medieval look: turrets and gargoyles, tapestries and stag heads.
  • At one side, jutting into the lake, is a knoll with a group of trees sheltering a stag and doe.
  • Also you might want to see about summer fellowships starting next year, especially in this stag of your career.
  • The stag's antlers are there to fight off other stags.
  • The spacious yet intimate dining room has a hardwood ceiling and stone walls decorated with medieval halberds and stag horns.
British Dictionary definitions for stag

stag

/stæɡ/
noun
1.
the adult male of a deer, esp a red deer
2.
a man unaccompanied by a woman at a social gathering
3.
(stock exchange, Brit)
  1. a speculator who applies for shares in a new issue in anticipation of a rise in price when trading commences in order to make a quick profit on resale
  2. (as modifier): stag operations
4.
(modifier) (of a social gathering) attended by men only
5.
(modifier) pornographic in content: a stag show
adverb
6.
without a female escort
verb (transitive)
7.
(stock exchange) to apply for (shares in a new issue) with the intention of selling them for a quick profit when trading commences
Word Origin
Old English stagga (unattested); related to Old Norse steggr male bird
Word Origin and History for stag
n.

late 12c., probably from Old English *stagga "stag," from Proto-Germanic *stag- (see sting). 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.

Slang definitions & phrases for stag

stag

adjective

For men only; without women: a stag function/ Several of the brothers were going to the dance stag (1873+)

noun
  1. A man who goes to a party alone, without a woman partner (1905+)
  2. (also stag party)A party for men only, such as a bachelor party: as broad as the jokes at a Legion stag (1904+)

Idioms and Phrases with stag

stag

In addition to the idiom beginning with stag also see: go stag