stag

See also:StAG

English

A stag (sense 1) of the speciesCervus nippon

Alternative forms

• steg(dialectal),staig(Scotland),stagg,stagge(obsolete)

Etymology

FromMiddle Englishstagge,steg,fromOld Englishstagga,stacga(“a stag”)andOld Norsesteggi,steggr(“a male animal”),both fromProto-Germanic*staggijô,*staggijaz(“male, male deer, porcupine”),probably fromProto-Indo-European*stegʰ-,*stengʰ-(“to sting; rod, blade; sharp, stiff”).Cognate withIcelandicsteggi,steggur(“tomcat, male fox”).Related tostaggard,staggon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/stæɡ/

• Audio(US):

  (file)

• Rhymes:-æɡ

Noun

stag(countableanduncountable,pluralstags)

2. (countable)An adultmaledeer,especially ared deerand especially one in high adulthood versus a young adult.

   Synonyms:buck,hart(sometimes hypernymous)

   Coordinate term:knobber(sometimes hyponymous)

3. (countable,chieflyScotland)Ayounghorse(coltorfilly).
5. (British)A male turkey: aturkeycock.
6. (by extension,countable,obsolete)Arompinggirl; atomboy.
7. (countable)An improperly or late castratedbullorram– also called a bull seg (see note underox).
8. (countable,finance)An outside irregulardealerinstocks,who is not a member of theexchange.
9. (countable,finance)One who applies for theallotmentofsharesin newprojects,with a view to sell immediately at a premium, and not to hold the stock.
10. (countable,usuallyattributive)Anunmarriedman; abachelor;a man notaccompanyinga woman at a social event.

    astagdance; astagparty; astagbar

11. (countable)Asocialeventfor men held in honor of agroomon the eve of hiswedding,attended by malefriendsof the groom; sometimes afundraiser.

    Synonyms:(US)bachelor party,(UK)stag do,stag party,stag lunch

    Coordinate terms:bachelorette party,hen party

    Thestagwill be held in the hotel's ballroom.

12. (countable,slang)Aninformer.
    • 1838,[Joseph Holt],edited byT. Crofton Croker,Memoirs of Joseph Holt, General of the Irish Rebels, in 1798,volume II, London:Henry Colburn,page52:

      We had two disturbers of the harmony of the ship; I mean twostagsor informers, one named Robert Wilson, the other John Hewit, from the north of Ireland.

13. (uncountable,UK,military,slang)Guardduty.
    • 2000,Richard Tomlinson,The big breach: from top secret to maximum security,page31:

      Between shifts onstagor manning the radio, we grabbed a few hours sleep.

    • 2012,Max Benitz,Six Months Without Sundays: The Scots Guards in Afghanistan:

      Three days were spent on standby or patrols and a fourth day on guard, with at least eight hours onstag.

14. (countable)Astag beetle(familyLucanidae).
    • 2007,Eric R. Eaton, Kenn Kaufman,Kaufman Field Guide to Insects of North America,page132:

      Members of the genusPasimachus[…]can be confused with stag beetles[…]butstagshave elbowed antennae.

15. (countable)TheEurasian wren,Troglodytes troglodytes.

Hyponyms

• (male red deer):royal stag,imperial stag,monarch

Derived terms

• bull stag
• fag stag
• hog stag
• Kashmir stag
• stag beetle
• stag-beetle
• stag do
• stag-evil
• stag film
• stag hog
• stag moose
• stag night
• stag party
• stag weekend

Related terms

• bull

Translations

adult male deer

• Arabic:أَيَّلm(ʔayyal)
• Armenian:եղջերու(hy)(eġǰeru)
• Belarusian:аленьm(aljenʹ),рагачm(rahač)
• Bulgarian:благороден еленm(blagoroden elen)
• Chamicuro:cheshana
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Hùng lộc(zh)(xiónglù)

• Coptic:ⲉⲓⲟⲩⲗ(eioul)
• Czech:jelen(cs)
• Danish:hjort
• Dutch:hertenbokm
• Esperanto:vircervo
• Faroese:hjørturm
• Finnish:uroshirvi;hirvas(fi)(reindeer)
• French:cerf(fr)m
• Galician:cervo(gl)m
• German:Hirsch(de)m,Hirschbock(de)m,Rothirsch(de)m
• Greek:αρσενικόελάφιn(arsenikó eláfi)
• Hebrew:אַיָּל(he)m(ayál)
• Hungarian:szarvas(hu)
• Icelandic:hjörtur(is)m
• Ido:(♂♀)cervo(io),(♂♀)cervulo(io)
• Irish:carriam
• Italian:cervo(it)
• Japanese:Mẫu lộc(ja)(おじか, ojika)
• Middle English:stagge
• Navajo:bįįhkąʼ
• Norman:chèrm(Jersey)
• Norwegian:hjort(no),kronhjort
• Old Norse:hjǫrtrm
• Plautdietsch:Herschm
• Polish:jeleń(pl),rogacz(pl)
• Portuguese:veadoadultom
• Romanian:cerb(ro)m
• Russian:оле́нь(ru)(olénʹ),рогач(ru)m(rogač)
• Scottish Gaelic:damh
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic:јѐленm

  Roman:jèlen(sh)m

• Slovak:jeleň(sk)m
• Spanish:ciervo(es)m
• Swedish:hjort(sv),hjorthane
• Tagalog:pamurulan
• Tocharian B:karse
• Ugaritic:𐎓𐎊𐎍(ʿyl)
• Volapük:(♂♀)stäg(vo),(♂)histäg(vo),(♀)jistäg(vo)
• Welsh:hyddm

colt or filly

• Finnish:varsa(fi)
• German:Fohlen(de)n
• Middle English:stagge
• Persian:ستاغ(phát)(setâğ)
• Polish:źrebak(pl)m,młoda klaczf
• Portuguese:potro(pt)m,potra(pt)f,potranca(pt)f
• Spanish:potro(es)m,potraf,potrancaf
• Volapük:(♂♀)jevodül(vo),(♂)hijevodül(vo),(♀)jijevodül(vo)

romping girl

• German:wilde Hummelf

castrated bull

• Finnish:härkä(fi)
• French:bœuf(fr)
• Hebrew:איל(he)(ayal)
• Italian:bue(it)m
• Polish:kastrat(pl)m
• Scottish Gaelic:damhm
• Volapük:(♂)hobub(vo),(♀)jobub(vo)

irregular dealer in stocks

• Bulgarian:борсов спекулантm(borsov spekulant)
• Finnish:jobbari(fi)

one who applies for shares with a view to sell immediately at a premium

• Finnish:pörssikeinottelija(fi),pörssipeluri(fi)
• German:Konzertzeichnerm
• Norwegian:emisjonsjobberm,oppkjøperm

Eurasian wren

• Finnish:peukaloinen(fi)
• German:Zaunkönig(de)m
• Irish:dreoilínm
• Polish:strzyżyk(pl)m
• Portuguese:carriça(pt)f

social event for a groom—seebachelor party

Verb

stag(third-person singular simple presentstags,present participlestagging,simple past and past participlestagged)

1. (intransitive,British)To act as a "stag", an irregular dealer in stocks.
2. (transitive)Towatch;to dog, or keep track of.

   Synonym:shadow

Translations

act as an irregular dealer in stocks

• Bulgarian:спекулирам(bg)(spekuliram)
• Finnish:keinotella(fi)

watch, keep track of

• Finnish:vahtia(fi)
• Spanish:rastrear(es)

Adverb

stag(notcomparable)

1. Of a man, attending a formal social function without adate.

   My brother wentstagtoprombecause he couldn't find a date.

Translations

of a man, attending a formal social function without a date

• Finnish:ilmanseuralaista

References

• (to watch):John Camden Hotten'sSlang Dictionary(1873)

Further reading

• “stag”,inWebster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary,Springfield, Mass.:G. & C. Merriam,1913,→OCLC.
• “stagn.¹”,inGreen’s Dictionary of Slang,Jonathon Green,2016–present

Anagrams

• ATGs,GATS,GTAs,Gast,TAGs,gast,gats,tags

Middle English

Noun

stag

1. Alternative form ofstagge

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/stɑːɡ/,[stɑːɣ]

Verb

stāg

1. first/third-personsingularpreteriteindicativeofstīgan

Swedish

Etymology

InheritedfromOld Swedishstag,fromOld Norsestag,fromProto-Germanic*stagą.

Noun

stagn

1. (nautical)astay
2. an appliance with a function similar to a nautical stay

Declension

Declension ofstag

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	stag	stags
	definite	staget	stagets
plural	indefinite	stag	stags
	definite	stagen	stagens

References

• staginSvensk ordbok(SO)
• staginSvenska Akademiens ordlista(SAOL)
• staginSvenska Akademiens ordbok(SAOB)
• staginSvenskt nautiskt lexikon(1920)
• stagin Elof Hellquist,Svensk etymologisk ordbok(1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

• gast,sagt,tags