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Definition of Stag

1. Noun. A male deer, especially an adult male red deer.

2. Verb. Attend a dance or a party without a female companion.

3. Noun. Adult male deer.

4. Verb. Give away information about somebody. "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam"

5. Verb. Watch, observe, or inquire secretly.

Definition of Stag

1. n. The adult male of the red deer (Cervus elaphus), a large European species closely related to the American elk, or wapiti.

2. v. i. To act as a "stag", or irregular dealer in stocks.

3. v. t. To watch; to dog, or keep track of.

Definition of Stag

1. Noun. An adult male deer. ¹

2. Noun. A colt, or filly. ¹

3. Noun. A romping girl. ¹

4. Noun. An improperly or late castrated bull or ram – called also a bull seg. See the Note under ox. ¹

5. Noun. An outside irregular dealer in stocks, who is not a member of the exchange. ¹

6. 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. ¹

7. Noun. The European wren. ¹

8. Noun. (context: usually attributive) An unmarried male, a bachelor; a male not accompanying a female at a social event. ¹

9. 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. ¹

10. Verb. (intransitive British) To act as a "stag", an irregular dealer in stocks. ¹

11. Verb. (transitive) To watch; to dog, or keep track of. ¹

12. Adverb. Of a man, attending a formal social function without a date. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Stag

1. to attend a social function without a female companion [v STAGGED, STAGGING, STAGS]

Medical Definition of Stag

1. 1. The adult male of the red deer (Cervus elaphus), a large European species closely related to the American elk, or wapiti. The male of certain other species of large deer. 2. A colt, or filly; also, a romping girl. 3. A castrated bull; called also bull stag, and bull seg. 4. An outside irregular dealer in stocks, who is not a member of the exchange. 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. 5. Stag beetle, any one of several species of large branching corals of the genus Madrepora, which somewhat resemble the antlers of the stag, especially Madrepora cervicornis, and M. Palmata, of Florida and the West Indies. 6. Stag-horn fern, a parasitic dipterous insect of the family Hippoboscidae, which lives upon the stag and in usually wingless. The same species lives also upon the European grouse, but in that case has wings. Origin: Icel. Steggr the male of several animals; or a doubtful AS. Stagga. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stag

staffer staffers staffier staffiers staffing staffing up staffings staffish staffless staffman

staffmen staffroom staffrooms staffs staffs up stag (current term) stag's-horn coral stag's garlic stag-beetle stag-beetles

stag-evil stag-horned stag beetle stag beetles stag do stag night stag nights stag parties stag party

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