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noun

plural of shag
as in bobs

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shags

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verb

present tense third-person singular of shag
as in skips

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shags
  1. bobs
  2. skips
  3. trims
  4. lopes
  5. crops
  6. springs
  7. plaits
  8. leaps
Noun
  • InStyle tapped four hairstylists to round up the 10 best blunt hairstyles for thin hair, from cowgirl bobs to straight-across bangs.
    — Amanda Le, InStyle, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Why vintage curly bobs are coming back now Nostalgic hairstyles are everywhere right now, and retro curls are the obvious counter-move to the minimalist styling that owned the last few seasons.
    — Ashley Lynch, Kansas City Star, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of bobs
Verb
  • Triple-tapping skips forward or backward on the right and left earbud, respectively.
    — Mark Knapp, PC Magazine, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Then deal with the bedroom, which is the part everyone skips.
    — Randy J. Nelson, Scientific American, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of skips
Noun
  • All four trims continue to be powered by the 1,160cc T-plane triple, although the engine has received a substantial round of revisions.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Broadly speaking, customers are paying more for high-end trims and for bigger vehicles, which tend to be more profitable for the auto companies.
    — Willa Rubin, NPR, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of trims
Verb
  • After sunset, when everyone lopes back from the beach, there are a few couples hitching their gear onto motor scooters and a few families carrying babies, bags, and boards, toddlers in tow.
    — Michelle Jana Chan, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of lopes
Noun
  • In the game, players can cultivate their patches, grow oversized crops, and get down and dirty to protect their harvest or steal someone else’s.
    — Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 1 Nov. 2026
  • Sunday’s attacks cut electricity in two northern towns, shutting markets and bakeries and threatening hospitals, water supplies and winter crops as diesel shortages leave few alternatives.
    — Hamza Fahmy, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of crops
Verb
  • The one who sets the bone-crushing screen that springs the star, then immediately sprints to the rim for the lob, then turns around and blows up the other team’s pick-and-roll on the other end all in one sequence?
    — Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 June 2026
  • After Wally springs her from the Shaw's clutches, the group manages to lure the couple and some of their lackeys into the makeshift particle accelerator trap that former engineer Sam built out of old cathode-ray tube TVs.
    — Megan McCluskey, Time, 21 May 2026
Definition of springs
Noun
  • While both goddess braids and boho braids are knotless styles with loose human or synthetic curls braided into some or all of the plaits, the amount of loose hair and where it’s placed is usually what’s up for debate.
    — Eden Stuart, Allure, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Her glossy hair, braided into two plaits, hung down over her shoulders in a style unusual for young girls these days.
    — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of plaits
Verb
  • Harrison Ford as Rick Deckard leaps between two futuristic taxi cabs.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Oct. 2026
  • The screen leaps from LCD to OLED, the processor jumps from the A17 Pro to the A20 Pro, and the 2026 iPad mini is the first-ever waterproof tablet from Apple.
    — Eric Zeman, PC Magazine, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of leaps
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