Stag
Deer (singular and plural) are the ruminant mammals forming the family Cervidae. The two main groups are the Cervinae, including the muntjac, the elk (wapiti), the fallow deer and the chital, and the Capreolinae, including the reindeer (caribou), the roe deer and the moose. Female reindeer, and male deer of all species (except the Chinese water deer), grow and shed new antlers each year. In this they differ from permanently horned antelope, which are in the same order, Artiodactyla.
The musk deer of Asia and water chevrotain (or mouse deer) of tropical African and Asian forests are not usually regarded as true deer and form their own families: Moschidae and Tragulidae, respectively.
Deer appear in art from Paleolithic cave paintings onwards, and they have played a role in mythology, religion, and literature throughout history, as well as in heraldry. Their economic importance includes the use of their meat as venison, their skins as soft, strong buckskin, and their antlers as handles for knives. Deer hunting has been a popular activity since at least the Middle Ages, and remains an important business today.
Shag (noun)
Matted material; rough massed hair, fibres etc.
Shag (noun)
Coarse shredded tobacco.
Shag (noun)
A type of rough carpet pile.
Shag (noun)
Bacon or fat, especially if with some remaining hair or bristles.
Shag (noun)
A roughly-cut or torn-off piece of bread or cheese.
Shag (noun)
Several species of sea birds in the family Phalacrocoracidae (cormorant family), especially the common shag or European shag, Phalacrocorax aristotelis, found on European and African coasts.
Shag (noun)
A swing dance.
Shag (noun)
An act of sexual intercourse.
Shag (noun)
A casual sexual partner.
Shag (noun)
A fundraising dance in honour of a couple engaged to be married.
Shag (noun)
Friend; mate; buddy.
Shag (verb)
To make hairy or shaggy; to roughen.
Shag (verb)
To hang in shaggy clusters.
Shag (verb)
To shake, wiggle around.
Shag (verb)
To have sexual intercourse with.
Shag (verb)
To masturbate.
Shag (verb)
To chase after; especially, to chase after and return (a ball) hit usually out of play.
Shag (verb)
To perform the dance called the shag.
Shag (adjective)
hairy; shaggy
Stag (noun)
An adult male deer.
Stag (noun)
A colt, or filly.
Stag (noun)
A romping girl.
Stag (noun)
An improperly or late castrated bull or ram – also called a bull seg (see note under ox).
Stag (noun)
An outside irregular dealer in stocks, who is not a member of the exchange.
Stag (noun)
One who applies for the allotment of shares in new projects, with a view to sell immediately at a premium, and not to hold the stock.
Stag (noun)
The Eurasian wren, Troglodytes troglodytes.
Stag (noun)
An unmarried male, a bachelor; a male not accompanying a female at a social event.
“a stag dance; a stag party”
Stag (noun)
A social event for males held in honor of a groom on the eve of his wedding, attended by male friends of the groom, sometimes a fund-raiser.
“The stag will be held in the hotel’s ballroom.”
Stag (noun)
A stag beetle (family ver=161006).
Stag (verb)
To act as a “stag”, an irregular dealer in stocks.
Stag (verb)
To watch; to dog, or keep track of.
Stag (adverb)
Of a man, attending a formal social function without a date.
“My brother went stag to prom because he couldn’t find a date.”