shagging

present participle of shag

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for shagging
Verb
  • The piece opens with a description of an iconic photograph of Blass, leaping in ecstasy after leading his team to a World Series victory, in 1971.
    Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Smallmouth bass are among the hardest-fighting freshwater sport fishes, popular with anglers for the leaping acrobatics the fish perform trying to unhook themselves.
    Martin J. Kernan, Scientific American, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Eggs can cost more than cereals, and this can lead to this population skipping meals or going hungry.
    Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Coaches and/or GMs always talk, but because of the Jonathan Kuminga contract standoff, skipping was apparently the way to go.
    Zach Harper, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Chip, the 3-year-old miniature dachshund, was filmed bounding toward the open door but immediately reconsidering after inspecting the dreary conditions outside his home in England.
    Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The state has yet to provide any contemporary evidence of doubt that this crosswalk — on the road bounding the southern edge of the Pulse property — was a fitting part of the memorial.
    Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Her new political thriller depicts a group of US government officials springing into action after a single missile is launched at the US.
    Rachel Choy, Refinery29, 30 Sep. 2025
  • One clip shows a man in a dark suit standing on the vessel’s side before springing into the water.
    Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • Perry has been loping around the world on this tour for four months.
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Doku passes to O’Reilly, who passes back to Gvardiol while jogging towards the centre, pulling Walker and Tchaouna with him as Burnley attempt to compress space in the middle.
    Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • To find the best folding treadmill, our team of PEOPLE testers tried 26 options at home, walking and jogging at least four times per week during the trial period.
    Claire Harmeyer, PEOPLE, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • There is no reason to continue trotting him out onto the field if the team isn't going to win or compete at a high level.
    Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Although Top Chef previously filmed in another Carolina city—Charleston back in 2014—this is the first time the globe-trotting culinary reality competition has landed in Charlotte, North Carolina.
    Karla Walsh, Travel + Leisure, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Atsu and her horse galloping across a frozen lake that looks like blue lace agate; Atsu making camp under the green streaks of the aurora borealis; red maple leaves careening and pinwheeling in the wind in Atsu’s wake.
    Alyssa Mercante, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Following last season’s reunion-spoiling revelations about his father (ex-CIA operative Frank Harkness) and his father’s past (raising children to be super-soldiers), the galloping young stallion (played by Jack Lowden) hasn’t been able to screw his head on straight.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 24 Sep. 2025
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“Shagging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shagging. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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