stag
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
(countable)An adult male deer, especially a red deer and especially one in high adulthood versus a young adult.
Đồng nghĩa: buck, hart
- 2.
(Scotland, countable)(countable, chiefly Scotland) A young horse (colt or filly).
- 3.
(British, countable, uncountable)A male turkey: a turkeycock.
- 4.
(broadly, countable, obsolete)(by extension, countable, obsolete) A romping girl; a tomboy.
- 5.
(countable)An improperly or late castrated bull or ram – also called a bull seg (see note under ox).
- 6.
(countable)(countable, finance) An outside irregular dealer in stocks, who is not a member of the exchange.
- 7.
(countable)(countable, finance) 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.
- 8.
(attributive, countable, usually)(countable, usually attributive) An unmarried man; a bachelor; a man not accompanying a woman at a social event.
a stag dance; a stag party; a stag bar
- 9.
(countable)A social event for men held in honor of a groom on the eve of his wedding, attended by male friends of the groom; sometimes a fundraiser.
The stag will be held in the hotel's ballroom.
Đồng nghĩa: bachelor party, stag do, stag party, stag lunch
- 10.
(countable, slang)An informer.
- 11.
(UK, slang, uncountable)(uncountable, UK, military, slang) Guard duty.
- 12.
(countable)A stag beetle (family Lucanidae).
- 13.
(countable)The Eurasian wren, Troglodytes troglodytes.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(British, intransitive)To act as a "stag", an irregular dealer in stocks.
- 2.
(transitive)To watch; to dog, or keep track of.
Đồng nghĩa: shadow
Trạng từ
adverb- 1.
(not comparable)Of a man, attending a formal social function without a date.
My brother went stag to prom because he couldn't find a date.
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From Middle English stagge, steg, from Old English stagga, stacga (a stag) and possibly Old Norse steggi, steggr (a male animal), both from Proto-Germanic *staggijô, *staggijaz (male, male deer, porcupine), probably from Proto-Indo-European *stegʰ-, *stengʰ- (to sting; rod, blade; sharp, stiff). steg. Cognate with steggi, steggur (tomcat, male fox). Related to staggard, staggon.