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(Entry 1 of 2)
a person who does very hard or dull work
- a rigid class system, with fags at the very bottom of it
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verbSynonyms & Antonyms of fag (Entry 2 of 2)
1
to devote serious and sustained effort
- the road crew fagged mightily to move the boulder out of the way
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- bum,
- chill,
- dally,
- dillydally,
- footle,
- goldbrick,
- goof (off),
- hack (around),
- hang (around or out),
- idle,
- laze,
- loaf,
- lounge,
- shirk,
- slack (off),
- veg out
- dabble,
- doodle,
- fool around,
- fribble,
- goof (around),
- hang,
- hang about
- [British],
- mess around,
- monkey (around),
- play,
- potter (around),
- putter (around),
- trifle
2
to use up all the physical energy of
- the long hike up the mountain had fagged us out
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The first known use of fag was in 1770
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