shagging

present participle of shag

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for shagging
Verb
  • Rojas’ play in the ninth was fantastic, but then Andy Pages one-upped him with a leaping catch on Ernie Clement’s long drive to left-center while colliding with Kiké Hernández.
    Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
  • Unfortunately, to save time, someone who is always in a hurry with limited time for exercise except weekends may be in the habit of leaping into vigorous exercise without warming up properly.
    Bryant Stamford, Louisville Courier Journal, 30 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • From using cold water for (almost) everything to skipping the bleach on your whites, these are the new rules of laundry.
    Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Switching brushes in Photoshop, inserting a new row in Excel, skipping slides in PowerPoint, or jumping between those applications can now be done with a single gesture.
    Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 4 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Instead of bounding in with excitement, the golden retriever looks terrified.
    Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Martin had been known around the college campus for his bounding social energy.
    Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In 2023, federal lawmakers introduced the Sunshine Protection Act, a proposal to make daylight saving time permanent, meaning no more springing forward or falling back.
    Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 29 Oct. 2025
  • But that hidden virus is capable of springing back into action.
    NPR, NPR, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • This addictive, loping track is one of the best and strangest songs from the artist’s fifth album.
    The New Yorker, New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2025
  • One likes to imagine Paleo Dad loping across the savannah in hot pursuit of a wooly mammoth.
    Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Running remains one of the world’s most popular forms of exercise, according to Statista, with about 50 million Americans regularly running or jogging for both physical and mental health benefits.
    Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Some may also choose to do this when jogging or performing other athletic activities where a hood might continuously slip backward.
    BestReviews, Mercury News, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • This team is clearly stuck in a bad and awkward place because of past decisions — most notably the 2022 Deshaun Watson trade — and is on a second straight year of trotting an uninspiring and uncompetitive offense onto the field each week.
    Zac Jackson, New York Times, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Such a reading of the law at the center of the case could provide Trump an opening -- along with other tariffs that have not been challenged in court -- to continue his global-trotting mission to reshape trade imbalances, even if the high court curtails his broad tariff power.
    Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • The shows share a preoccupation with the heroic potential of oddballs and burnouts, one that has kept Horses galloping for five seasons (and two more are in the works).
    Judy Berman, Time, 29 Oct. 2025
  • But in 2024, a 3-year-old colt named Jayarebe collapsed and died while galloping out after finishing seventh in the Turf, and the death was attributed to a cardiac event.
    Kevin Modesti, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Oct. 2025
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“Shagging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shagging. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.

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