Definitions for fags

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Spelling: [fag]

IPA: /fæg/

Fags is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 22 anagrams from letters in fags (afgs).

Definitions for fags

noun

1. Slang. a cigarette.
2. a fag end, as of cloth.
3. a rough or defective spot in a woven fabric; blemish; flaw.
4. Chiefly British. drudgery; toil.
5. British Informal. a younger pupil in a British public school required to perform certain menial tasks for, and submit to the hazing of, an older pupil.
6. a drudge.
7. Extremely Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a male homosexual.
8. Offensive. a contemptible or dislikable person.

verb (used with object)

1. to tire or weary by labor; exhaust (often followed by out):
2. British. to require (a younger public-school pupil) to do menial chores.
3. Nautical. to fray or unlay the end of (a rope).

verb (used without object)

1. Chiefly British. to work until wearied; work hard:
2. British Informal. to do menial chores for an older public-school pupil.

Origin of fags

1425-75; late Middle English fagge broken thread in cloth, loose end (of obscure origin); sense development apparently: drooping end > to droop, tire > to make weary > drudgery, drud