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- Dictionarystag/staɡ/
noun
- 1. a male deer, especially a male red deer after its fifth year.
- 2. a social gathering attended by men only: "a stag event"
adverb
- 1. without a female partner at a social gathering: North American "a lot of boys went stag"
verb
- 1. buy (shares in a new issue) and sell them at once for a profit: British "they made profits from stagging each issue"
- 2. roughly cut (a garment, especially a pair of trousers) to make it shorter: informal North American "I stagged them off and burned the ends then tucked them away"
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STAG definition: 1. an adult male deer 2. a person who buys shares in a company that is being sold to the public…. Learn more.
The meaning of STAG is an adult male red deer; also : the male of various other deer (especially genus Cervus). How to use stag in a sentence.
stag. (stăg) n. 1. The adult male of various deer, especially the red deer. 2. An animal, especially a pig, castrated after reaching sexual maturity. 3. A person who attends a social gathering unaccompanied by a partner, especially a man who is unaccompanied by a woman.
noun. an adult male deer. a man who attends a social gathering unaccompanied by a woman. Informal. stag party. a domesticated boar or bull castrated after maturation of the sexual organs. British. a speculator who buys securities of a new issue in the hope of selling them quickly at a higher price. verb (used without object) , stagged, stag·ging.
A stag is an adult male deer belonging to one of the larger species of deer. Stags usually have large branch-like horns called antlers.
A stag is another word for a buck, or a male deer. If you spot a family of deer in the woods, the stag is the one with the largest antlers. There are different terms for male deer, depending on the species, and stag usually describes the largest types of deer. Stags are also commonly seen in paintings of deer hunts.
Noun. Adjective. Adverb. Idiom. Filter. noun. stags. A full-grown male deer, esp. a hart or a caribou. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. A male animal, esp. a hog, castrated in maturity. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. A man who attends a social gathering unaccompanied by a woman. Webster's New World. Similar definitions.
STAG meaning: 1. an adult male deer 2. a person who buys shares in a company that is being sold to the public…. Learn more.
Definition of stag noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
STAG meaning: 1 : an adult male deer; 2 : to go to a party or other social event by yourself.
