stag

¹stag

noun \ˈstag\

plural stags

Definition of STAG

1

or plural stag : an adult male red deer; also : the male of various other deer (especially genus Cervus)

2

chiefly Scottish : a young horse; especially : a young unbroken stallion

3

: a male animal castrated after sexual maturity — compare steer 1

4

: a young adult male domestic chicken or turkey

5

a : a social gathering of men only

b : one who attends a dance or party without a companion

Origin of STAG

Middle English stagge, from Old English stagga; akin to Old Norse andarsteggi drake

First Known Use: 12th century

Other Hunting and Fishing Terms

chum, covert, creel, flense, pitfall, seine, skulk, spoor, trawl

Rhymes with STAG

ag, bag, brag, crag, dag, drag, fag, flag, gag, hag, jag, lag, mag, nag, quag, rag, sag, scag, scrag, shag, slag, snag, sprag, swag, tag, wag, YAG, zag

²stag

verb

staggedstag·ging

Definition of STAG

transitive verb

British

: to spy on

intransitive verb

: to attend a dance or party without a companion

Origin of STAG

stag (informer)

First Known Use: 1796

³stag

adjective

Definition of STAG

1

a : restricted to men <a stag party>

b : intended for a male audience; especially : pornographic <stag movies>

2

: unaccompanied by someone of the opposite sex <stag women>

— stag adverb

Examples of STAG

1. <a stash of stag flicks that were hidden in the basement>

First Known Use of STAG

1843

Related to STAG

Synonyms

bawdy, blue, coarse, crude, dirty, filthy, foul, gross, gutter, impure, indecent, lascivious, lewd, locker-room, nasty, pornographic, porny, profane, raunchy, ribald, smutty, obscene, trashy, unprintable, vulgar, wanton, X-rated

Antonyms

clean, decent, G-rated, nonobscene, wholesome

Related Words

broad, coarse-grained, gamy (or gamey), off, off-color (or off-colored), racy, risqué, salacious, salty, suggestive; barnyard, earthy, scatological; immodest, indecorous, indelicate, low, unbecoming; depraved, kinky, louche, naughty, perverse, perverted, wicked; exceptionable, objectionable, unacceptable, undesirable, unwanted, unwelcome; abhorrent, debasing, disgusting, loathsome, offensive, repellent (also repellant), repugnant, repulsive, revolting; distasteful, obnoxious, unpleasant; blamable, blameworthy, censurable, reprehensible; atrocious, infamous; abusive, scurrilous; hard-core, soft, soft-core

Near Antonyms

priggish, prim, prudish, puritanical, staid, straitlaced (or straightlaced), Victorian; correct, decorous, genteel, nice, polite, proper, respectable, seemly; innocuous, inoffensive; acceptable, agreeable, desirable, pleasant, pleasing, welcome; appropriate, becoming, fit, meet, suitable; immaculate, perfect, pure, spotless, virginal; approved, endorsed (also indorsed), sanctioned